Bukit Kepong Incident | |||||||
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Part of the Malayan Emergency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sgt. Jamil Mohd Shah † (Bukit Kepong police chief) Ali Mustapha (Chief of Bukit Kepong village) | Mat Indera | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
25 Police officers | 180 Insurgents | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 officers killed 5 auxiliary police killed 4 officers wounded Total: 23 casualties | 40 killed | ||||||
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History of Malaysia |
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Malaysia portal |
Bukit Kepong incident was an armed encounter in 1950 during the Malayan Emergency between the Federation of Malaya Police and the guerrillas of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). This conflict took place in an area surrounding the Bukit Kepong police station in Bukit Kepong. The wooden station was located on the river banks of the Muar River, about 59 km from Muar town, Johor.[1]