During the Second World War the British Authority in Malaya was defeated by the Japanese Army in 1941, thus the Malay states in the Peninsular became an occupied territories of the Japanese Imperial Army. The Japanese Occupation only lasted till 1945 when the British Authority defeated the Japanese and return to continue their colonisation of the Malay states.
After the Japanese was defeated in 1945 and before the return of the British Administration back to Malaya there was a vacuum of power in the country for two weeks. During this time the MCP (Malayan Communist Party) decided to takeover the authority since they had the weapon. The local call this rebellion as the Bintang Tiga [three stars on their cap] and a frightening episode of their history. Remember the MCP help the British Authority to fight the Japanese thus had weapons and they stashed it in the jungle when the Japanese soldiers left; for future use. For two weeks it was mayhem and many people got killed. What would have happened to Malaya had the British not returned! With the return of the BA, the MCP decided to return to the jungle and fought a guerrilla war which only end in 1960 after Malaya got her independence in 1957..My two cents on our history that not many knew!
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