Labis incident

Part of Malayan Emergency

Labis

Labis incident (Peninsular Malaysia)

| Date| 22 January 1950

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Location|

Labis, Johore, Malaya

Result|  British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom|

Malayan Communist Party

* Malayan National Liberation Army

Commanders and leaders
Unknown|  Unknown
Strength
Unknown|  40 insurgents
Casualties and losses
1 killed|  22 killed
5 wounded

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Malayan Emergency

Background|

* Cold War in Asia
* Communism in Malaysia

Battles|

1948

* Sungai Siput
* Lau Yew
* Batang Kali

1950

* Labis
* Penang
* Bukit Kepong
* Semur River
* Briggs Plan/New village

1951

* Fraser's Hill

1954

* Termite
* Nassau

1956

* Pipeline
* Baling

Foreign
involvement|

* Australia
* New Zealand
* Southern Rhodesia

* List of weapons
* Category
* Commons

The Labis incident took place during the Malayan Emergency in January 1950. British Gurkhas ambushed a group of communist guerillas five miles north of the Johore town of Labis. In the ensuring battle, 22 communists were killed and five wounded. It was described as the "first major success" by British security forces in the emergency.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "GUERILLAS LOSE 22 IN JUNGLE BATTLE". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 23 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

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Communism in Malaysia and Singapore

Wars and incidents|

| Wars|

* Malayan campaign
* Anti-Japanese resistance movement
* Fourteen Days' War
* Vietnam War
* Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
* Communist insurgency
* Sarawak
* Malaysia (1968-1989)
* Thailand

| Malayan
Emergency|

* Background and causes
* Briggs Plan
* New village
* Special Operations Volunteer Force
* Commonwealth Military Involvement
* Southern Rhodesia
* Australia
* New Zealand

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Incidents|

* Sungai Siput incident
* Death of Lau Yew
* Labis incident
* Penang ambush
* Assassination of Sir Henry Gurney
* Bukit Kepong incident
* Battle of Semur River
* Batang Kali massacre
* Operation Termite
* Pipeline ambush
* The Templer Plan
* Operation Coldstore
* Assassination of Abdul Rahman Hashim
* Assassination of Khoo Chong Kong
* Bombing of National Monument
* Gubir shootdown
* Operation Spectrum

Organisations|

* South Seas Communist Party
* Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
* Malayan National Liberation Army
* 10th Malay Regiment
* Malayan Communist Party
* Min Yuen
* Revolutionary Faction
* MPLF
* CPM/ML
* Malaysian Communist Party
* Singapore Federation of Trade Unions
* North Kalimantan Communist Party

Key people|

| Peninsular
Malaysia
and
Singapore|

* Chin Peng
* Abdullah CD
* Lai Teck
* Shamsiah Fakeh
* Ahmad Boestamam
* Rashid Maidin
* Mokhtaruddin Lasso
* Kamarulzaman Teh
* Abu Samah Mohd Kassim
* Musa Ahmad
* Ibrahim Chik
* S. A. Ganapathy
* Suriani Abdullah
* Lau Yew
* Lee Meng
* Chen Tien
* Yeung Kwo
* Fong Chong Pik
* Eu Chooi Yip
* Lim Chin Siong
* Wahi Annuar
* Mat Indera
* R. G. Balan
* P. Veerasenan
* Devan Nair

|

Malaysian
Borneo|

* Bong Kee Chok
* Yang Chu Chung
* Wen Ming Chyuan
* Yap Choon Hau
* Lam Wah Kwai
* Ang Chu Ting
* Wong Lieng Kui
* Cheung Ah Wah

Related topics|

* Calcutta Southeast Asian Youth Conference
* University Socialist Club
* Domino theory
* Agent Orange
* Subramaniam v Public Prosecutor
* Malaysia–Soviet Union relations
* China–Malaysia relations
* China–Singapore relations
* Barisan Sosialis
* Brunei revolt
* Chia Thye Poh
* Siddiq Ghouse
* Sarawak United Peoples' Party
* Bidong Island
* Japanese Red Army
* 1975 AIA building hostage crisis
* MH653
* Laju incident
* Lambeth slavery case

Peace agreements|

* Baling Talks
* Peace Declaration of Sri Aman 1973
* Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989

In popular culture|

* Operation Malaya (1953 documentary)
* A Piece of Ribbon (1963 play)
* The 7th Dawn (1964 drama)
* The Last Communist (2006 film)
* Apa Khabar Orang Kampung (2007 film)
* 29 Februari (2012 film)
* Tanda Putera (2013 film)
* The Garden of Evening Mists (2011 novel)
* The New Village (2015 film)
* The Garden of Evening Mists (2019 film)

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