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Sungai Nipah New Village
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Subject :Sungai Nipah New Village
Published By : None
Location : Bagan Datoh, Perak
Estimated Year : 1950
Media Type : Photograph
Source : Royal Malaysian Police Museum, Kuala Lumpur
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This photograph shows the people of Sungai Nipah New Village in Perak, receving their meal from the communal kitchen during the Emergency. (Sungai Nipah New Village is believed to be the present Kampung Baru Sungai Nipah Baroh in Bagan Datoh). This was part of the 'Briggs Plan' strategy to cut off food supplies to the Communists previously supplied by the smallholders and plantation workers.
To read more about The Briggs Plan / New Villages, click here.
Filename : 20080601-025