British Malayan headhunting scandal

The scandal was sparked by the Daily Worker's publication of the article "This is the War in Malaya" (April 28, 1952).

The British Malayan headhunting scandal of 1952 was a political scandal involving senior British politicians, military leaders, and activists, including prime minister Winston Churchill, communist publisher J.R. Campbell, general Gerald Templer, and colonial secretary Oliver Lyttelton.