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The incident started just before dawn with the Communists launching a guerilla assault on the police station. It ended tragically in a bloody massacre with the aggressors killing almost all of the police officers stationed there. When they began the siege, the attackers strongly believed that they would be able to defeat the policemen and gained control of the police station within a short span of time. This is due to several factors in their favour: 1. Arms and numerical superiority 2. Relative isolation of the station. The battle began at about 4.15 am.

According to eye-witness accounts, there were about 200 communists attacking and they were led by Muhammad Indera, a Malay Communist. Despite the odds, the policemen led by Allahyarham (late) Sgt Jamil Mohd Shah, refused to surrender, although numerous calls by the communists for them to lay down arms were made. Several officers were killed as the shooting continued and two wives of the defending officers took up arms when they discovered that their husbands fell in battle. [1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Desperate and alarmed at the defenders’ tenacity, the Communists captured one of the officers’ wives and threatened her at gunpoint to urge the policemen to surrender. The defenders replied that they would never surrender and continued fighting. Another wife of the officers and her daughter were also forced to do the same. Their refusal then resulted in their execution.

In the final hours of the fierce battle, the Communists set fire onto the officers’ barracks and station. Two women and their children were burnt to death in the married quarters. At that point only 3 policemen plus a village guard were still alive. They rushed out from the burning station, unable to withstand the heat. They then assaulted the Communists position, killing at least 3 of them.

Only about five hours after the first shot was fired did the communists manage to break their defences and set the place ablaze. They then retreated into the jungle, leaving a trail of destruction and bloodshed.

14 policemen, 4 village guards, 3 auxiliary policemen, wife of Abu Bakar Daud (one of the surviving policemen) and three of their children were killed in the incident. The total number of deaths is 25. Those who survived the bloody encounter are 4 policemen and 9 family members including their wives and children.

Reinforcements from Nearby Villages

During the attack, reinforcement were sent from Kampung Tui as the battle reverbrated throughout several of the nearby villages. A band of villagers led by the village chief Ali Mustafa from Kampung Tui was escorted by 13 AP/HG (Auxiliary Police/Home Guard). They were ambushed by the Communists en route about half a kilometre away from the station. The villagers were outgunned by the Communists who were using automatic weapons as opposed to rifles and shotguns held by the village group. Several of the village guards were wounded and killed. Although stopped halfway, their presence relieved some pressure of the Bukit Kepong defenders and forced a general Communist retreat.

Due to the lopsided situation, Ali Mustafa ordered his guards to retreat while the rest were asked to defend the perimeter around Bukit Kepong town. The Communists eventually retreated after setting fire to the village office and robbing a few stores.

At the same time, another village guard group came from Kampung Durian Chondong using a sampan heading towards Bukit Kepong to render aid. On the way, they were also ambushed by the Communists. About half of the 7 villagers in the group survived to continue on to Lenga. They arrived there at 10am and that was when the first news of the attack on Bukit Kepong police station was communicated. [2] A sampan carrying passengers to the outlying islands off the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong Sampan on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), China A sampan (舢舨) is a relatively flat bottomed Chinese wooden boat from twelve to fifteen feet long. ...

Aftermath

When the village guards entered the village, they were able to observe the carnage resulting from the brutal attack. The village chief took command of the outpost until relieved by a police team from Muar. The battle at Bukit Kepong is considered to be tragic defeat although it strengthened the Government and people’s resolve to fight the Communist insurgency. A small force defending against overwhelming odds gave the war against Communist insurgency a massive boost in terms of morale and honour. Some drew comparisons between the Bukit Kepong incident and the Alamo, where the Bukit Kepong policemen similar to the Texans came under overwhelming odds and fought to the last man. District Muar District Area  - Total (District) 2346. ... Alamo may mean: The Battle of the Alamo, a battle fought during the Texas Revolution Alamo Mission in San Antonio, a building in Texas which was the focus of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 Alamo Beer, a brand from King of the Hill TV series Alamo Rent A... TexAns is a name of a band that Tools Maynard James Keenan previously sang for. ...

List of killed in action (KIA)

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Policeman

1. Sergeant Jamil Mohd Shah (Bukit Kepong police chief)
2. Corporal Mohd Yassin Haji Wahab
3. Lance Corporal Jidin Omar
4. Constable Hassan Osman
5. Constable Hamzah Ahmad
6. Constable Jaafar Hassan
7. Constable Muhamad Jaafar
8. Naval Constable Ibrahim Adam
9. Constable Abu Mohd Ali
10. Constable Abu Kadir Jusoh
11. Naval Constable Awang Ali
12. Naval Constable Basiron Adam
13. Extra Police Constable (EPC) Mohd Top Lazim
14. EPC Jaafar Arshad

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Non-combatants (Auxilliary Police (AP))

1. Ins. Kudarina Naknok
2. AP Samad Yatim
3. AP Mahmood Saat
4. AP Ali Akop
5. AP Othman Yahya

Police familly members

1. Fatimah Yaaba - wife of the Naval Constable Abu Bakar Daud
2. Hassan Abu Bakar - son of the Naval Constable Abu Bakar Daud
3. Saadiah - wife of the Constable Abu Mohd Ali
4. Simah Abu - daughter of the Constable Abu Mohd Ali

Auxilliary Police (AP) were killed in action (KIA) outside police station

1. AP Redzuan Alias
2. Embong Lazim
3. Koh Ah Cheng

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List of survivors

Policeman

1. Constable Othman Yusoff
2. Naval Constable Abu Bakar Daud
3. EPC Ahmad Khalid
4. Constable Haji Yusoff Rono (passed away on 14 April 2005)

• Note: All are deceased

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Police familly members

1. Mariam Ibrahim - widow of the Constable Muhamad Jaafar
2. Zainun Muhamad - daughter of the Constable Muhamad Jaafar
3. Abu Samah Muhammad - son of the Constable Muhamad Jaafar
4. Zaleha - son of the Constable Muhamad Jaafar
5. Jamilah - son of the Naval Constable Abu Bakar Daud
6. Hussain - son of the Naval Constable Abu Bakar Daud
7. Fatimah Abdul Manan @ Tiwah Lawa - widow of the Constable Hassan Osman
8. Pon Khalid - widow of the Naval Constable Awang Ali
9. Fatimah Tuani - widow of the Constable Hamzah Ahmad
10. Edmund ROss Williams Hunt - orang asli work as sherpa at Bukit Kepong

References

• Adopted from the form 4 secondary school novel Bukit Kepong by Ismail Johari

External links

• Statistics of the Incident
• Polis Diraja Malaysia's account of the Incident
• Discussion of the impact of the Incident
• Detailed account of the events by A L (Paddy) Bacskai
• Pictures of Bukit Kepong by M Jeffri Razali