Were he a less determined man. Prime Minister Tengku (Prince) Abdul Rahman might well be tempted, after less than one year as head of the new Federation of Malaya, to feel a trifle complacent about ...

There was little evidence against the Communist jungle-fighter, Piao, except that he was occasionally noisy and sometimes insubordinate, that he once lit a fire when his commanding officer told him ...

Colonel Johnny Lawes, who has died aged 97, was awarded an MC while serving with the Gurkhas during the Malayan Emergency and saw further active service on operations in Borneo. In May 1956, Lawes was ...

It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history. The dawn light peered through ...

OF the three jungle peoples of the Malay Peninsula, Jakun, Sakai and Semang, the last-named are probably the best known to the outside world. As a racial group of low stature and negroid appearance, ...