The British Malayan headhunting scandal of 1952 was a political scandal involving senior British politicians, military leaders, and activists, including...
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John Belcher corruptly influenced – led to Lynskey Tribunal British Malayan headhunting scandal (1952). Involved generals, politicians, and activists, sparked...
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The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War (1948–1960), was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist...
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British troops taking the severed heads of Malayan people as trophies. After the practice of headhunting in Malaya by Ibans had been exposed to the public...
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fought in the Malayan Emergency against the communist Malayan National Liberation Army. Marines of the 40 Commandos caused a media scandal when photographs...
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History of Sarawak (section British crown colony)
ceded Sarawak to Britain, and in 1946 it became a British Crown Colony. On 22 July 1963, Sarawak was granted self-government by the British. Following this...
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Raj of Sarawak (category British Borneo)
forced them to practice horticulture and abandon headhunting. Land Dayaks had also been involved in headhunting but more readily abandoned the practice and...
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Sabah (category Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia)
Manila. British Army senior officer Michael Carver then reminded the Philippines that Britain would honour its obligations under the Anglo-Malayan Defence...
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that of the United States itself. The practices of slavery, piracy and headhunting were suppressed but not entirely extinguished. A new educational system...
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