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THE CHINA MAIL,
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1958.
DREADED BY MALAYA'S JUNGLE TERRORISTS:
THE SARAWAK RANGERS
Nor long ago, Kajang,
By
Fenney Wolstenholme
tiny town 17 miles from Kuala Lumpur, celebrated the beginning of a new life and the end of an old one of nearly 16 years of terror, bloodshed and hardship. Kajang should have been a typically Malayan market town, unimportant and unremarked, allowed to live a quiet but useful life, but in Malaya in recent times its name has been and associated with violence and at times as a town awam jungle which Liew had awarded in Mainya. The Ibans where it was unsafe to live.
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The celebration marked the the Communist force struggled dearing of the nearby Jungle to eliminate opposition. end the disciplined orderly rab- izer estates, which stretel from touskiris to the jungle fringe, of the Communist terrorists.
By 1048 the disgulse was off and the Communists openly the came out to fight against" Government with Kajom! as one of their strongiats. Com n.unists resolently walked into the town to pick out the men they had marked for death and to move out before the patrols could be sent after them.
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others. three
made his pecial home,
had
through George
Cross
for
gallantry
have also been awarded a
него
In there he felt that he was George Medal and a Military ecmparatively safe because he Medal, while 10 have been ineff-
know the swamp toned in despatches probably
(two better than anyone alive. I mentions"
immediato) won the two trackers who even- and nine liave been presented tually led the patrol up to the with the Commander-in-Chief's comp which Liew
tem- certificate for "outstandingly porarily occupied for the night, good service." Their unerring instinct warried For many of them Malaya. the patrol that the four had one of the most highly develop- stopped there. In the sharp, ed South-East Asian countries, deadly action that followed despite its large area of jungle, Liew died with another member hos proved strange ол Brat of the gang and the other two 'acquaintance. From Yere wounded.
In the rolling. hilly Jungle, stiful in part and sullen on dunk if others, in the part youre dozens of British kters, Inn terekers, police man and others have lost their Bys. Today is still scarred with bounty Drut shell bursts, and For those who know where to tonk, there are the rolling re- rams of the camps which the Coumnists built on the bares from which to termorise the fan and the roads leading to it.
To Kajang townspeople, ut tam possible, were the Iban greatest danger. ordinary, simple people who trackers from Sarawak the
But, slowly the tide turned and the military and the poilce
art new neties and took new grip of the situation. And
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In the forefront of these only a matter of seconds, it is the changes, in foes making many leading man who
asked to be allowed to live their Sanwak ringers-ful
lives in their own declaration of the
While" (that is
was
and
The tenuclous, more feared by the way.
terrorists than any other of the area ELN
falds brought in to end the war. cleared
A tracker dog, they found, something to To shopkeepers, could be thrown off the trail by umpers, wouding through swamp, but not Iban tracker. time formers an gardeners of all deep knowledge of jungle lore, teliai ap- Malayan rares. Malay, Chinese his keen mind and
sixth JONZE, and Indium, it meant that for the rared to be a
terrorkais)
tutebrate.
villagers,
foresters,
ind markel
rubber small
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terrorists
The Iban's
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In this way is born u com-
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Tracking test in progress in the jungle near Kapit.
Ibon in 1051 was ambushed
Bre
have
The
over
House in Sarawak where 40 of Erang nnd Gingi were well to Bo families live conutually the forefront in the attack en with an elected headrun, 10 the camp and later they were Malaya with its impersonal
congratulated personally
for town life, cinemas, aircraft and their bravery for in these a mixture of customs and tradi engagements, which often rat tions of many communities, is a long elop, yet most of them make the transition for quicker than would Londoner flung evernight into an Iban village. Often within a day or two of In Kajang the trackers made leaving their village and seeing for themselves, both their first motor-car they are on
They and life and to the special menis soldiers among the townspeople and the an aircraft for Malnya.
they
and necept n plane trip without any fought
them rudeship which exists in British which ure prepared for
which contain tockers signs of fear despite the fact
by 30 and klit one man. The army lived
and which usually fill them out units with. The
that the Journey can be excep-
The young terrorists. He was shot in the patrol had camped for the nigh villages in from their tiny
in a few months. There, they trackers, between bumpy and worrisome
become
to collect when an Iban tracker-saki ha Sarawak men many of whom
Na high. He managed to Sarawak
British tunally the
Icarn and
even to In experienced alr Rangers working
10 Donal under
Servicemen suldiers,
and
his rife und that of a wounded could hear a radio. inany from the cities and industrial centres, rúde a traveller,
It was obviously from a porty regimental, fag in the colours of never seen the jungle before for British private and pulled him
In some cases oven a thick wood) bock to cover. Sarawck. fearn and to patrols no vietory
terrorista, of Communista and before down as alwaya, desperately needed fivo Iban trackero, a Koutenant Es time they could walk freely meant that a stream which de
picture was complete without The Ibans are selected for They learn to use the weapons and the Ibans who have never and begin to look to
those urma and ammunition and and a rifleman went towards the now layed the
In their
the Ibun trackers, grinning their
tracking skill. Although with which they are issued, the seen an aeroplane at close quar- developments
some cases Awang held them at bay until place from where the noise had the fight often deloped the patrol cheerfully, Descr
posing for the the bans live mainly by gri- needs of army discipline and a ters before or in
come fromn. Private Sandah exponsion of activities Into the Httle longer
cameraman often in the place of culture, growing rice, pepper little, drill.
compul- even operated an electrle light bullet shattered his right arm.
He placed himself
the rk Pepal, of Kanowit, was the. Jungle which had on, lately been Liew Ah Kang were alive honour in the centre of the and a little rubber and jungle sory swimming, football which switch,
battleground.
today he could tell about it.
But these two, with tracker private and pulling a pin from first to spot the sentry of the picture,
produce, they are also spilled they readily take to, and they Fortunately
their for the people of
grehnde defied the terrorists Communists' camp and Kajang, however, is only one hunters.
have their own canteen where, dogs, which have proved Kejam hi is not. His death Ingel of the jungle war in They are usually recruited on
after working hours, they con value in a quick follow-up but to attack. They dared not to mediately afterwards a terrorist
so and withdrew after Aghung started to walk towards them. cleared the way for Kajang Malaya which has been con- the recommendation of their relax in a pleasant atmosphere, are apt to lose the scent in the become "White" and lic died tinuous since 1940 and is now leadmen for a period of soven with photographs end familiar lot steamy jungle, have become the wounded tracker for 40
* combination which the minutes. Both the Brlish pri- because of
the persistence still in progress, though with years' service, two in Malaya objects from their own country,
vate and Awang lived to tell, charged into the camp_im- He was shot and. the patrol two ban truckers, Erong und fewer terrorists the operations and live on the
the daily Iban terrorists have learned to fear. reserve in and listen to Glagi, from Kapt Sut, who led
are not to Intensive ns before,
Sarawak. In Malaye on arrival broadenst from Radio Sarawak, ★
Then there was Songgau anak mediately but the other terror- i pritrol of the ist Ba Royal Over 500 soldiers of all races in their native dress, usually they are ready to go to their
:sts had melted into the Jungle, Hampshire Iteg.sment on his trail have been klifed in this war with long hair, they are
a units.
They have helped to even the antl, of Tanjong Koh, who has been fought over colourful through thick swamp and Jungle, which
Their addition to a com-
Commanding Omeer, balance between the terrorists after leading a patrol to a Com- Icaving their equipment behind. Their worth was summed up a nightmare "hates and hounds some of the toughest terrain in munlly already varied and un- Lieut-Col C. J. Baird, says: "Ey--who had on their side a wealth at camp low two trying to with much more than a trophy the world along with thousands usual. Feathered hats
get away. He stood up despite by a former Director of Opera- hard-won experience and and large the Iban' takes easily
the danger of drawing
the Juns in Malaye, Lieut-General sel them to ditelpline, particularly so if guerilla fighting which they had Communists' fire and shot ane, of civilians, police and home razor sharp swords
Sir Roger Bower, who wrote: guards.
apart as does their exceptionally the 'reason why is explained to put to bad use and a ruthless-
his bullet passing through the "At Tracking the Sarawak The ban trackers, who num- fair skin (they attribute this to him simply and clearly in his negs which awed many civilinna
fret and hitting the second. Rangers are pre-eminent. With- her about 300 at any one time, the properties of their river own language in the early stages into tacit co-operation and on
The second man,
out their he the efectivness of however, had had their
too, water and casuallion
frequent washing) of his life as a soldier. British army of regulars and National charged him and Sanggau con- the British and Aupitalian totalling 10 killed and 15
which is usually heavily and soldiers and Ibans soon become Servicemen lone un determina tinued Bring with his left hand battalions would be seriously wounded. The dependents of
tion but short on tropical war-
hitting
reduced. the terrorists as he
I have long admired those killed have been Hiven
fare experience. pensions by the British Goverm-
charged and then finishing him the Ibans for their skill, their. Between them there has
their cheerfulness, inent and those disabled have
off with his parang (a long enthusiasm, a mutual grown
respect. On
kalfe). He was awarded the their adaptability and their been given disability pensions.
one patrol it was found after litary Medal,
courage and I am proud to hane For a small force, the bans
travelling tor more than
the Sarawak Rangers under my have an Impressive' record and
three miles from a resting place
command." an Iban tracker won the Arst
1942
Kajany's trial began i with the Japanese ovenpation and the establishment of strong Communist anti-Japanese norlika force. With the rest of the world Kajang had its phares of angering and bloodsheddar By the war, but world peace brought Uitle of that commodity 1 Кајани. The Communs! furee did not disband at the end of the war, it remained under
round, and there was a rising de of unexplained deaths
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Lew had been on the run for
Ever sinca he long time, stopped a Chinese contractor on a road leading out of Kajang, firmy shooting the contractor in the stomach in front of his wife who was in the car and then | shooting him, through the head
after he had had time for some sadistic vivating Over Ján victim's agony.
The two tum trackers picked up the trail ond followed Liew,
decoratively tattooed.
Arm friends. For the first three weeks they. "At first the language differ stay at Port Dickson, in thele ences present a little” difficulty mvn small headquarters nad o but the Iban soon learns enough reception camp near the sea on English to get on. They make one of the finest benches in brave and efficient soldiers. The Malaya. For them it is a period British Army is proud to serve of adjustment to army routine alongside the Sarawak Rangers,"
The Duke
at 37
CAN ANYTHING BE
DONE ABOUT
APPROACHING BALDNESS?
| HAIRLINE HISTORY:
Father: Prince
Andrew of Greece
Great grandfather: Grand Duke of
HESE royal pictures answer the question "Can the Duke of THES
Edinburgh, 37 on June 10, do anything to halt the steady recession of his hairline?" The answer is a clear-cut No, in my opinion,
After centuries of sorcery and a few years of scientific investigation the only certain fact which has emerged about baldness is that it is definitely inherited.
The odds are that if a man's male forebears tended to go bold carly, he will lose his hair too.
By CHAPMAN PINCHER
The Duke's father, both his
the bald barber who habitunity grandfathers, at least two of obvious feature, it can skip n Els great-grandfathers and his generation. That is why one tries to sell me a hair restorer. famous great-great-grandfather, son in a bald male line can have, Prince Albert, were dil part-bald a good head of hoir well past in early life.
lose
Consolation
DR
middle age.
Proteins
in
Grandfather Prince Loula of Battenberg.
Great-great grandfather: Place Alberi,
begins to recede In girls und then stops, It continues
back.
in
the
the talc,
im
the
in
and when the patrol was pre- In Johare, an Iban tracker, It is because of actions such paring to make camp for the Lance-Corporal Serdin, picked as these, and the less spectacu night that the tracker had left up a trail 17 hours old after ar but weary process of long his pengaroh (sacred charms) being flown to the site of an patrols and constant pursuits behind at the last resting place. action by a helicopter.
which wesr the Comununists The officer asked for volunteers With a team of Ibans he had down, that Malayan auch 09
and to go back with him
searched the area for 34 hours those in Kajang have a special whole patrol volunteered 10 for tracks. They followed the place for the Iban iruckera when trock for 5,000 yards, relying on they celebrate the end of terror Patrols have often lasted for broken twigs, sand on leaves, in their district. day's end weeks, the trackers slightly bent blades of grass and Without them Malaya, following a trali which no un- ferns. The trail crossed newest independent nation trained man could see of broken swamp but during the night the South-East Asia, might today be branches, bent grass and soft terrorist wandered into another much further than it is from the imprints, their only fear that ambush party which fired on end this Communist war. rain might wash out all tracks him and missed and they were Service with the Sarawak and give the terrorists a chance able to take the fresh trail nex! Rangers leaves le change course and baffle the morning. men who were pursuing them. They were well on the trall best be illustrated by the over- The work of many of the when the news come through whelming rush to Join the trackers has an honoured pince that the terrorist had decided Auxiliary Police Reserve or in the history of the Malayan to call it quits he had got out finishing their services. And war, the longest hot war" of the jungle and given himself Sarawak can well depend on against Communism in the post up at a police station.
these men to keep the country war period.
The sharp eyesight and hearing free from the intrusion of Com- Awak anak Rawang won his of the tracker helped a patrol in munist bandils and other George Medal when his platoon Johore amasis a terrorist camp mischief-makers.
permanent
mark on the iban. This can
UP COUNTRY BY THURLOW CRAIG
Bonny blazes the trial
THE day was dying and I
was still far from home.
to market.....
revealing ebb in 90 per cent of tiful red sunset and 20-odd come along, come along."
Outlined against a beau- dies of old age. Good Bonny, proudly displaying a magnificent pair of matched draught-horses, inen,
"Doctors have construed this as miles away towered Cader his head and eas'd like a lamb, with
The stain old wether threw up their polished harness gleaming implying that there must be a Idris, of which I was told then came prancing towards his shining bright brasses, their
herb.
never really trick as it approached along a The shepherd produced a dump porkers under the pig nais.
tesa cure.
Appeal
Hand-reared
As always.....
1
On arrival at the cattle-pens, the sceno always
was much, as. It had been, with
THUCOUS
r
glandular factor involved. This when a boy, "If you spend master.
mones 'and talls, led to a theory that the most
Half-way
he elaborately plaited. virile of masculine men are liken night in the Chair of Idris noticed a ewe some yards away
But that was long ago. ly to 'ga bald.
nibbling at a There are too you'll come down either from the rest,
The day after my meeting many exceptions of well-thatched dead, mad, or a poet." But
Bossily (and reminding me of market, During the hour's rua with the shepherd I went to wolves and jegg-bald effeminates
1 never risked it.
Io, our own very bossy cada I last count of the sheep and for this to be true.
Faint in the distance and far Jamb) ho butted lier gently back cattle vans, on the road, and of Doctors have not failed ΣΟ
below I heard the bleating of a into the flock, then came on. find ap answer to baldness.
the pickups with squealing They have
| winding_bridle-path, I walked ut rurrant cake all covered with Because, baldness is not hazard down the mountainside, und fluff and tobacco-dust, which ous to health few duxtors have 400ft, below I walled for the the wether chewed up greenlly, But over these exceptions^can Elven the most scientifle felt it worth serious research, flock. transmit the baldness trait to approach yet tried has failed to in spite of tho fortune awiting
Then they went on down that their children, as my well- produce even a partial answer the discoverer of a genuine bald“
tortuous valley troll while I thatched father did to me.
Thus it is known that hair is
mado for home. Not only is the tendency to
In spite of thousands of claims composed of protein which
And so, I thought, the hill Auctioneers outahouting each lair passed
Leading the little flock was an farmers all have to drive their from for remedies to prevent and cure turn is made up of ingredients generation to generation, but so baldness,. name has stood up to called amino-acids. IC the
old wether that had, obviously stock in the old way, at least to other like fairground barkers, is the pattern in which it dis- Investigation, to my experience. right amino-acids could be ap-
been a cade or a hand-reared the. motor-roads, And I re- and farmera dressed much as they
always really pet lamb-in his youth. Behind membered the market days of the same old jokes as they raised been, cracking appcars from the scalp.
Grow your hair long, give it a piled to the scalp it is feasible Perlaps it women The Dulce's ancestors thinned crew-cul, keep It scrupulously that, they might, "ferüiliso" the cured when their husbands came the shepherd and a stald my bayhood when every little the bids of dropped out. out from the front and is clean, never wash it the con- hair root and give it a new started balding
village had its blacksmith busy hair is going in the same way. flict of such claims, alone" con- lease of life.
would have been done. But "Whither bound, so late?" I'aboeing borses six days a week.
Later I was having a drink Nevertheless, the pictures ofter demns them.
Any baldness treatricht will they do not. The cult of Yul asked, and ho produced his knife In those days farmers came with the shepherd in one of produce ocensional positive and Brynner shows that oven total to white a pipeful from a market on horseback, or with those, old taverna, wisich has not
changed for 300 years, The family in brake or sulky. some forms of halpilom are not peal.
"TO gel 'em down to the Every hotel and tavem yard Because of the dock' strike his ' permanent. In cases of alopecia I have no doubt that a really motor-road for market tomorrow, was full. The stock was driven sheep had sold well; and my Last year I attended an due to infection, nèrvous, dis- concerted attack, by scientists because the van, can't got up in on foot by drovers, dusty friend was unpatriolically toast- The Duke is related to Princa International conference on hale order, or radioactivity, the hair could produce un, answer. But here.”
midn with bottomless thirsts and ing the dockèra. Albert only through ħla mother, growth. Not ong of the 200 retains its power to regrow: with so many more pressing Theende lamb 100?" I voices of brass,
In that crowded bar - I could but women can carry the trait doctors and scientists attending Perhaps the "most" puzzling medical problems to be solved asked,
Then "the atreels were gay seent shoop and cattle," dogs and for baldness and pass it on to it could offer any dan method thing about bakdowns is its rarity there is sosall likelihood that the "No, Indeed! Bonnyboy is with a laughing crowd always steaming corduroy, over the smell their dinle descendants, N. of arresting or replacing fallen da women. There are. - Bald, unnawer will be available in time my bell wother. Many's the ready to entier before some of beer and strong black sling.
Though the tondzney to bald- hair. 270, chalimán, a world woman Queen. Kizabeth I waisto publiled the hiirline of the flock he's led into the vous, and maddened.cow that had escaped, Truly, I thought, things hadn't napa is usually passed on as an expert on fair, was balder than one-but wheresa tila hairline 37-year-old Duke.
Imany I hope he will before he or to give way for a dreyman changed so very much.
him this birthday consolation: The ockis are that he will never be completely bald but will al- ways retain ù thin covering like
his father, Princo Andrew,"
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Domething Welsh sheepdog.
even spectacular results because, baldness can have feminine opstick of black baccy. Conference
had
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