《追讨英军屠杀罪行工委会》义务律师团召集人兼全国社团盖章运动主任郭义民声明

 (一)马来西亚前锋报在12月22日刊登署名Tan的读者来函,其内容将在12月12日赴英国最高专员署呈交553份社团签盖请愿书与备忘录给英女皇的人士,标签为“华人沙文主义分子”,并企图“篡改大马历史,以合法马共的斗争”。
 
(二)前锋报刊登的此封读者来函,纯属污蔑、歪曲事实,故意曲解。我已撰写辩正文稿,在26日电邮与传真至前锋报,希给予机会澄清驳斥,至今未见刊登。

我与工委会负责人讨论后,认为应公开揭发此事,以免被误解为“默认”。

Response to Utusan’s article: Menegakkan Kebenaran Terhadap Pembunuhan Kejam Askar-Askar UK/ Addressing Atrocity Committed By UK Soldiers

The Utusan Malaysia, on 22 December, published an article written by a reader Tan with the title “Usaha pinda fakta sejarah iktiraf perjuangan PKM” .  This article miscontrued our efforts to address the historical injustice committed by British Army as an effort to rectify the Communist movement during the Emergency.
In view of the fact that the [...]

ABC Interview: Campaigners Seek Compensation for ‘Massacre’

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) programme Connect Asia interviewed Quek Ngee Meng on 15/12/2008 in relation to the Condemning Batang Kali Massacre Campaign.
Following is the report and audio clip of the interview: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/connectasia/stories/m1681798.asx
Sixty years ago, a Scottish regiment in then-British Malaya shot and killed 25 villagers, in the name of fighting communism now, the Malaysian [...]

German Press Report on Batang Kali Massacre Petition

Courtesy of Alois Leinweber

Sixty years on, last witness to British massacre in Malaysia speaks out

Telegraph (15/12/2008) : The Asia File
by Ben Bland
The Batang Kali massacre, in which 24 unarmed Chinese villagers were gunned down by Scots Guards in extremely questionable circumstances at the height of the Malayan Emergency in 1948, has been largely forgotten in Britain. It has never attracted the level of coverage accorded to the American [...]