STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2020 • 11 min read
History Britain’s My Lai? Remembering the Batang Kali massacre in Malaysia
By
Christopher Hale
• Dec 11, 2020
On December 12, 1948, British troops massacred 24 civilians in the village of Batang Kali at the height of communist insurgency, the Malayan Emergency. Some regard it as Britain's My Lai, with the relatives' of those killed continuing their search for the truth to this day