State of emergency
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A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A governmen
Members of the Royal Malay Regiment during the Malayan Emergency in 1949, inspecting equipment captured in a raid
Police stationed in Paris during a state of emergency, November 2015
Malayan Emergency
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The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, was a guerrilla war fought in Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army
State of emergency
…therein a declaration to that effect. A state of emergency was declared by the then-colonial government of Britain from 1948 until 1960 to deal with an insurgency of communists led by Chin Peng. States of emergency were also declared during the Konfrontasi in 1962, the 1966 Sarawak constitutional crisis, and the…
RAAF Avro Lincoln Malaya 1950
Outdoor portrait of Lee Min, leader of the communist Kepayang Gang in the Ipoh district in 1951
The Malayan Emergency 1948 1960 MAL35
Commonwealth propaganda leaflet dropped across Malaya, urging people to come forward with a Bren gun and receive a $1,000 reward