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An Unkempt Rubber Plantation - A Terrorists Delight
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Subject :An Unkempt Rubber Plantation - A Terrorists Delight
Published By : None
Location : Changkat Chermin Reserve, Batu Gajah, Perak
Estimated Year : 1955
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Tom Turnbull, Australia
Remark : These four photographs show what Tom describes as a "remarkably unkempt rubber plantation, providing funk holes (hiding places for the communist terrorists) by the score".
He recalls that despite all the police appeals to the estate management, no action was taken to clear the land of undergrowth, giving protection to the CTs and risking the lives of the security forces.
He recalls that despite all the police appeals to the estate management, no action was taken to clear the land of undergrowth, giving protection to the CTs and risking the lives of the security forces.
Filename : 20090628-007