Remembering the 1970 ops that crippled communist insurgents in Sarawak

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PETALING JAYA: It was towards the end of 1969 that an army intelligence officer, Awal Nordin, was assigned the task of gathering information on the communist movement in Nonok, Sarawak.

At the time, communist insurgents had been positioning themselves across the state. Sarawak was considered fertile ground for recruiting new members since many of its villages pre-dated the formation of the Federation of Malaysia.The intel gathered was crucial for the execution of a huge operation, known as “Ops Jala Raja”, which began in January 1970 and lasted three months. Awal, who is now in his 70s, recounted to FMT on how it all went down.

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