Mkini: How did we get Merdeka?

Mkini: How did we get Merdeka?: How did we get the Merdeka? Who played an important part in this?

Tunku Abdul Rahman, and especially David Marshall, took a hardline position –’surrender and submit to preventive detention. We will decide when you can participate.’ It is now clear that the British had indicated in no uncertain terms to Tunku that Independence would only be granted if the CPM was kept out of the political process. Malaya remained an important source of wealth for Britain even after Independence. The CPM finally got what it asked for in 1955 – withdraw with dignity – 34 years later, in 1989. The jungle war could have come to an end when the country won Independence. But the British wanted the CPM muzzled, and the Alliance government went along with that game plan. If one is to be strictly objective, all the injuries and deaths arising from the jungle war from 1955 onwards cannot be attributed entirely to Chin Peng and the CPM. The Alliance through Tunku an...

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