Di Sebalik Kedamaian Bagan Datuk...

Salam buat semua. Atok dan Wan seronok benar hari ini kerana besan kami dari Bilut, Pahang datang ziarah. Datang bukan dengan tangan kosong, tau. Atok teruja benar bila diorang bawakan ikan baung buat kami sekeluarga. Korang kenal tak ikan baung ini? Ikan ikan ini, ikan darat. Sekilo kat pasar tani, tak mahal...lebih kurang RM40 sekilo. Wow dan syukur Atok. Biasa paling-paling mahal ikan yang Atok beli kat pasar tu, ikan tenggiri ataupun udang. Itupun sekilo dah dekat RM30. Ikan biasa-biasapun kat pasar yang Atok kerap beli itu pun, tak pernah lebih 20 ringgit sekilo. Terima kasihlah kat besan Atok berdua tu. Mudah-mudahan dimurahkan rezeki, dan diberi nikmat kesihatan yang baik untuk mereka. Atok nak minta besan perempuan Atok masakkan menu baung spesel untuk kami esok. Pasti menyelerakan makan tengah hari  kami nanti.

Oklah. Entri Atok kali ini juga pasal Bagan Datuk. Sesebelum ini, semua entri Atok pasal Bagan Datuk tentang achievement penduduknya. Mereka memang manusia hebat-hebat belaka. Positive thinking, down to earth people, berbudi bahasa, kaya dengan adat budaya, lemah lembut, dan macam-macam sifat terpuji yang lainnya. Tapi, dalam entri kali ini, Atok dapati sebagai manusia biasa yang lemah, yang tak pernah tidak, pasti melakukan kesalahan, mereka di Bagan Datuk ini dahulu pernah trauma dan terkejut dengan beberapa insiden atau perkara yang berlaku, di sekitar mereka, atau lebih parah lagi, terhadap  terhadap keluarga mereka, suatu ketika dahulu. Setenang-tenang air di kuala, jangan disangka tiada buaya. Di permukaan, Bagan Datuk, hanyalah perkampungan terpencil tetapi di bawahnya, Bagan Datuk pernah menjerit. Suara jeritannya menggegarkan negara sehingga semua orang terpana seketika. Tidak disangka-sangka, seperti mana Kuala Lumpur, Bagan Datuk juga pernah dan ada sisi gelapnya.

Mujurlah kesemua itu telah terkubur dalam lipatan sejarah. Atok korek-korek cerita ini bukan berniat untuk mencela atau mengaibkan seseorang atau leluhur mereka, cuma peristiwa-peristiwa tersebut, Atok rasa harus dijadikan teladan dan pada masa yang sama, sempadan, garis merah, untuk menginsafi kembali tindakan kita agar tidak terburu-buru sebelum kekesalan menyelubungi jiwa. Setiap tindakan kita perlu dirancang dengan akal yang sihat, dilindungi daripada rasa-rasa sombong atau takabur. Jangan sampai kita menyesali diri di kemudian hari.

Dalam entri kali ini Atok akan persembahkan 4 peristiwa hitam yang berlaku di sini suatu masa dahulu. Atok sudah susunkan mengikut urutan garis masanya. Atok huraikan persoalan dan solusi yang telah mereka ambil. Hal-hal sebegini melibatkan semua peringkat masyarakat, daripada Sultan di peringkat tertinggi sehinggalah orang-orang awam. Korang bacalah sendiri ceritanya. Ini bukan fiksyen atau rekaan, tetapi kebenaran dan realiti.

Dan kepada semua yang menyumbangkan gambar atau bahan yang Atok gunakan dalam entri ini, Atok ucapkan berbanyak-banyak terima kasih. Kepada pembaca yang berminat untuk menyelongkar lebih dalam dan jauh lagi, Atok dah siapkan link-link yang korang boleh tekan untuk kajian yang lebih menyeluruh. Dan yang terpenting di sini, kepada yang ada kena-mengena dengan insiden-insiden yang disebutkan dalam entri ini, maafkan Atok. Atok tidak pernah terlintas untuk mengaibkan sesiapapun, baik yang mash hidup atau yang telah meninggal dunia. Segalanya sudah tersurat dan menjadi takdir. Atok hanyalah seorang penglipur lara rakyat. Alfatihah buat yang telah pergi. Wasalam.

A.  PENGLIBATAN DALAM KONGSI GELAP  DI BAGAN DATUK

Pertubuhan Bendera Putih (sekitar tahun 1890) dan Bendera Merah (terkemudian) pada asalnya ditubuhkan sebagai organisasi bantuan bersama yang mempunyai fungsi separa keagamaan. Antara tujuan utama mereka termasuk:

1. Memberi bantuan dalam upacara keagamaan seperti pengebumian dan berkhatan, yang menunjukkan komitmen terhadap amalan komuniti berasaskan Islam atau ritual sinkretik tempatan.

1. Memberikan sokongan kepada ahli yang memerlukan, khususnya mereka yang menghadapi ketidakadilan atau layanan keras oleh pihak berkuasa, seperti tekanan atau ugutan daripada pihak polis.

1. Peranan ini mencerminkan semangat kemasyarakatan, di mana pertubuhan-pertubuhan ini berfungsi sebagai pelindung, simbol solidariti, dan rangkaian keselamatan sosial dalam persekitaran penjajahan yang diwarnai pengabaian atau penindasan oleh pihak kolonial.

Kumpulan Bendera Merah dan Bendera Putih yang wujud di Perak sejak akhir abad ke-19 bukan sekadar pertubuhan kebajikan atau keagamaan seperti yang didakwa, sebaliknya merupakan cabang tempatan kepada organisasi jenayah Cina yang lebih besar, iaitu Triad—khususnya Ghee Hin dan Ghee Hok. Kedua-dua kumpulan ini digunakan sebagai alat untuk memanipulasi masyarakat Melayu dan mengganggu struktur pentadbiran tempatan melalui pemerasan, gangguan sosial, dan pengaruh dalam kalangan pegawai rendah kerajaan. Walaupun pada mulanya mereka kelihatan seperti pertubuhan yang membantu dalam urusan keagamaan seperti pengebumian dan majlis berkhatan, hakikatnya, mereka berubah menjadi kumpulan yang mengancam kestabilan masyarakat dengan kegiatan tidak bermoral, termasuk mencampuri urusan politik negeri. 

Penglibatan mereka menjadi lebih ketara semasa konflik perebutan kuasa di Perak sekitar Perjanjian Pangkor 1874, apabila kumpulan ini menyebelahi puak-puak tertentu—Bendera Merah menyokong Sultan Ismail, manakala Bendera Putih memihak kepada Raja Abdullah. Campur tangan mereka tidak hanya memperlihatkan jaringan rahsia antara kumpulan Cina dan pemimpin tempatan, malah menunjukkan betapa pengaruh Triad dan tokong Cina memberi kesan besar terhadap keputusan politik Perak, meskipun pihak British tidak sepenuhnya menyedarinya. 

Sepanjang tahun 1874 hingga 1875, pelbagai insiden yang berlaku—termasuk cubaan Sultan Abdullah menentang residen British J.W.W. Birch melalui rombongan sulit ke Singapura, serta usaha memperkukuh kuasa dengan kerjasama pihak ketiga seperti Tan Kim Cheng—memperlihatkan wujudnya peranan kongsi gelap dalam percaturan kuasa politik Perak

Pengasas dan Pemimpin Tertinggi Bendera Putih dan Merah Perak dalam tahun 1874

Konflik ini akhirnya memuncak dengan pembunuhan Birch pada 2 November 1875 oleh Maharaja Lela di Pasir Salak. Peristiwa ini merupakan hasil konspirasi terancang yang mendapat sokongan langsung dan tidak langsung daripada kumpulan Bendera Merah dan Putih, yang pada masa itu sudah menyerap dalam struktur kuasa dan masyarakat tempatan.

Di kawasan Hilir Perak, kegiatan jenayah kumpulan ini semakin meruncing menjelang awal abad ke-20. Mereka terlibat dalam rusuhan kaum, keganasan terhadap orang awam dan pegawai kerajaan, pencabulan undang-undang, vandalisme, pemerasan serta tindakan balas dendam terhadap polis. Kawasan seperti Telok Anson, Kota Setia, Rungkup, dan sepanjang Sungai Perak menjadi pusat utama pengaruh mereka. Malah  mereka menggunakan upacara keagamaan bercampur unsur Cina seperti “potong ayam”, melafaz sumpah setia, mencerminkan betapa berlapis dan kompleksnya struktur rahsia mereka  ketika merekrut ahli baru.

Kegiatan ini mendorong Sultan Idris I untuk bertindak tegas, termasuk mengeluarkan pengisytiharan pada 1903 dan menggubal Enekmen 1904 bagi membendung pengaruh mereka melalui pendekatan undang-undang dan agama.

 

Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar

Sultan Idris I yang memegang pemerintahan negeri Perak sejak tahun 1887 hingga tahun 1918 begitu bimbang dengan pengaruh kongsi gelap

Sultan Abdul Jalil, Sultan Perak, dan permaisurinya dikelilingi oleh pengawal Sikh mereka yang terdiri daripada anggota Polis Berkuda dari Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu, sekitar tahun 1916–1918.

Pada awal abad ke-20, Sultan Idris I telah melaksanakan beberapa strategi berkesan bagi menyekat pengaruh kumpulan kongsi gelap seperti Bendera Putih dan Bendera Merah di negeri Perak. Antara langkah penting ialah Pengisytiharan Awam pada tahun 1903, yang melarang keras penyertaan dalam mana-mana kumpulan kongsi gelap, dengan hukuman termasuk buang negeri, penjara, dan denda. Pengisytiharan ini turut disampaikan bersama nasihat Residen British, G.P. Rodger, mencerminkan kerjasama strategik antara institusi raja Melayu dan pihak penjajah dalam isu keselamatan awam. 

Setahun kemudian, Sultan Idris memperkenalkan Enekmen Agama dan Sosial 1904 yang mewajibkan kehadiran lelaki Islam berumur 16 tahun ke atas untuk solat Jumaat dan mendengar ceramah anti-kongsi gelap oleh imam atau ulama bagi mereka yang tinggal dalam radius tiga batu dari masjid. Kegagalan hadir tanpa sebab yang munasabah akan dikenakan denda sebanyak 50 sen oleh Mahkamah Penghulu. Strategi ini menggunakan masjid sebagai institusi pendidikan sosial dan kawalan moral dalam masyarakat. Selain pendekatan penguatkuasaan, 

Sultan Idris turut menawarkan keampunan kepada ahli kongsi gelap yang bersumpah untuk meninggalkan kegiatan tersebut, mencerminkan pendekatan restoratif dan bukan hanya menghukum. Sultan juga melakukan lawatan secara langsung ke kampung-kampung untuk menyampaikan mesej secara peribadi kepada rakyat. Kempen nasihat dan pengampunan Sultan akhirnya membuahkan hasil apabila dilaporkan antara 1000 hingga 2000 orang Melayu telah bersumpah taat setia meninggalkan penglibatan dalam kongsi gelap.

Menjelang tahun 1930-an, beberapa siri tindakan tegas seperti penahanan, pembuangan daerah, dan pendakwaan ke atas ahli kumpulan tersebut menunjukkan komitmen berterusan istana Perak dan pihak British dalam membanteras jaringan jenayah ini yang mengancam keselamatan negeri.

Kehadiran kumpulan rahsia Melayu ini juga terasa dalam masyarakat di Bagan Datuk ketika daerah kecil ini masih menjadi sebahagian daripada daerah Hilir Perak atau Lower Perak. Pengaruh dan penyusupan kumpulan rahsia dalam masyarakat tempatan, khususnya di kawasan luar bandar dan bandar kecil di Perak, mula dikesan secara serius sekitar awal abad ke-20. Kumpulan ini menggunakan pelbagai alasan sosial dan keagamaan, seperti kutipan derma untuk masjid dan madrasah, sebagai helah untuk mengumpul dana serta mengawal masyarakat melalui intimidasi. Kehadiran kumpulan seperti "Orang Duabelas" dan lain-lain cabang menunjukkan wujudnya jaringan kompleks dengan keanggotaan yang bertindih serta kesetiaan yang sukar dikesan

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Polis melaporkan bahawa kumpulan ini terlibat dalam pelbagai jenayah seperti pecah rumah, pembunuhan, dan kegiatan haram lain. Salah satu cabang paling aktif ialah kumpulan White Flag yang meningkat pengaruhnya di Lower Perak sekitar tahun 1901. Perkara ini akhirnya didedahkan secara rasmi menerusi laporan bertulis dalam The Taiping Print pada tahun 1903 yang mengumpulkan bukti kegiatan kumpulan ini di kawasan Telok Anson dan Krian. Menurut laporan tersebut, Raja Muda Lower Perak, Raja Musa, melaporkan kewujudan kumpulan ini dan kesannya terhadap masyarakat, termasuk pemaksaan penyertaan melalui kekerasan. Walaupun beliau merupakan anggota kerabat diraja, Raja Musa dilihat tidak mempunyai kaitan dengan kumpulan itu, sebaliknya berusaha menyekat pengaruh mereka melalui saluran rasmi.

Pada tahun 1925, laporan terperinci yang ditulis oleh Haji Abdul Majid dari Cawangan Perisikan Jenayah mendedahkan bahawa aktiviti kumpulan rahsia masih giat berlaku di kalangan masyarakat Melayu di Lower Perak. Laporan tersebut mengenal pasti dua kumpulan utama iaitu Bendera Merah yang bersifat radikal dan menentang penjajah dengan kekerasan, dan Bendera Putih yang lebih konservatif serta cenderung bekerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa kolonial demi kestabilan sosial. Dalam laporan yang sama, disenaraikan beberapa individu tempatan yang dipercayai terlibat, termasuk ketua kampung, guru, nelayan, dan pemilik tanah. walaupun Bendera Putih tidak bersifat revolusioner seperti Bendera Merah, mereka tetap merupakan entiti sosial yang membentuk jaringan rahsia dan menggunakan kedudukan mereka untuk kepentingan sendiri melalui ancaman, perlindungan jenayah, dan pengaruh sosial yang kuat, menjadikan mereka satu ancaman serius kepada pentadbiran kolonial dan kestabilan tempatan di Lower Perak.

1. Maklumat berdasarkan Soal siasat

Profil JK Tertinggi Kumpulan Rahsia Daerah Hilir Perak dalam tahun 1933

Senarai Ahli-ahli kumpulan kongsi gelap Melayu lain yang dikenalpasti
 selepas soal siasat dalam bulan Disember 1933.

2. Pengakuan Bersumpah

Penyataan Hassan bin Haji Mohd. Amin, Rungkup- Julai 1925

Berikut ialah terjemahan dalam Bahasa Melayu berdasarkan:
Pada Julai hingga September 1925, Morrish yang ketika itu mengetuai Cawangan Detektif di Ipoh, telah mengambil dua kenyataan yang mendedahkan sedikit maklumat baru mengenai kaedah kegiatan kongsi gelap di Hilir Perak. Petikan berikut adalah:

(Kenyataan oleh Hassan bin Haji Mohd. Amin. Tinggal di batu 17 ½ Jalan Bagan Datoh, Rungkup. Diambil di Ipoh pada 26/7/1925)

Buku Maklumat Sulit – Cawangan Detektif Perak, muka surat 100.

Kira-kira setahun lalu saya telah didekati untuk menyertai satu pertubuhan rahsia di Bagan Pasir. Saya tidak dapat memberikan nama pertubuhan itu kerana saya sendiri tidak tahu, dan saya juga tidak tahu apa bendera yang digunakan. Ia adalah pertubuhan berunsur Cina-Melayu. Saya telah didekati sebanyak 4 atau 5 kali. Saya memberitahu Lunthoh (lihat kenyataan di bawah) kerana dia adalah sahabat dan saudara jauh saya.

Orang yang pertama kali mengajak saya menyertai kumpulan itu ialah **Manap bin Mat Saman**. Dia tinggal di Parit Sembilan (batu 16 ½). Dia memiliki sebuah kebun kelapa. Dia berkata bahawa jika saya menyertai, saya akan...

3. Tindakan dan Hukuman

Sejarah Tangkapan Ahli kumpulan Bendera Putih serta tindakan terhadap mereka 1882-1902

Pembunuhan di Kampung Gajah, Ogos 1933   (Laporan Kg. Gajah 158/33)

Walaupun tindakan keras diambil, pengaruh kumpulan rahsia ini tetap tidak dapat dihapuskan sepenuhnya kerana ia telah lama berakar umbi dalam struktur sosial, malah dalam sesetengah kes, dipercayai mempunyai hubungan dengan tokoh-tokoh bangsawan dan keluarga diraja. Hal ini menunjukkan bahawa pengaruh mereka bukan sahaja bersifat jenayah, tetapi turut mencorak dinamika sosial dan politik negeri Perak pada awal abad ke-20.

Maklumat diperoleh oleh Inspektor Raja Yahya selepas majlis ronggeng diadakan di Changkat Melintang, pada Julai 1933, yang dihadiri oleh beberapa orang Banjar dan juga orang Melayu dari Pulau Tiga dan mukim sekitarnya (lihat di atas di bawah “Batu Gajah”) telah disampaikan kepada Harrison di Telok Anson. Ini membolehkan beliau memulakan siasatan sistematik dan mengumpul rekod tentang suspek individu. Tiga watak terkenal, yang kini diketahui sebagai ahli aktif kumpulan tersebut, terlibat dalam satu laporan pembunuhan di Kampung Gajah yang juga berpunca dari satu majlis ronggeng yang diadakan dalam keadaan serupa seperti di Changkat Melintang, dan dipercayai gadis penari yang sama turut hadir.

1. Tiga yang dituduh dalam laporan tersebut (Kampung Gajah 158/33) adalah:1. Otoh bin Idris (Banjar), dituduh atas kesalahan membunuh.
2. Berani bin Haji Abdullah (Banjar), disyorkan untuk dibuang daerah.
3. Sitah bin Mat Idris, telah “diikat jamin” selama enam bulan dengan jumlah jaminan sebanyak $300.

Didapati ketiga-tiga tertuduh sedang terlibat dalam satu kegiatan pecah rumah yang mempunyai kaitan dengan jenis kegiatan Bendera Merah yang sudah dikenali, apabila mereka diganggu oleh kepulangan tuan rumah pada awal pagi, lalu mereka tidak teragak-agak untuk menggunakan senjata mereka.

Menjelang tahun 1933, kerajaan kolonial berhadapan pula dengan isu penyalahgunaan konsep “Tobat” iaitu deklarasi penyesalan oleh ahli kumpulan rahsia yang ingin keluar dari organisasi tersebut. Beberapa individu seperti Mat Jam, Batu bin Upar, Latip dan Ngah Sahat dikaitkan dengan kegiatan ini, namun Pegawai Daerah de Moubray menyatakan kebimbangan terhadap keikhlasan pengakuan mereka. Ada yang enggan memberi maklumat penuh dan cuba menyembunyikan identiti sebenar demi mengelak pendakwaan. Akhirnya, Residen British pada 19 Disember 1933 mengeluarkan arahan bahawa sebarang pengakuan “Tobat” tidak lagi akan diterima selepas 31 Disember tahun itu. 

Pada akhir tahun 1933, keadaan di kawasan Lower Perak, terutamanya Telok Anson dan kawasan pantai sekitar, menunjukkan aktiviti kumpulan rahsia yang melibatkan jenayah dan pengaruh samseng yang cukup aktif. Kawasan seperti Rungkup digambarkan sebagai tidak aman, dipengaruhi oleh penghulu yang tidak membantu usaha polis dan terkenal dengan kegiatan tidak bermoral. 

Pelbagai pemimpin tempatan dan anggota aktif seperti Mohd. Teris, Haji Tajudin, dan lain-lain dikaitkan dengan aktiviti jenayah seperti curi, rumah pecah, dan penglibatan dalam kumpulan samseng (Perisoc), dengan beberapa daripada mereka turut terlibat secara langsung dalam kegiatan jenayah dan perlindungan penjenayah. Polis melaksanakan kempen besar-besaran yang berjaya menahan 53 individu, di mana 44 didakwa sebagai berbahaya di bawah Seksyen 69 C.P.C., menunjukkan usaha serius dalam membendung kegiatan jenayah tersebut. 

Beberapa pemimpin dan anggota kumpulan rahsia, termasuk yang berkaitan dengan organisasi Triad dan Tabut, turut ditangkap dan didakwa, menunjukkan pengaruh organisasi rahsia ini cukup merisaukan pihak berkuasa. Walaupun sebahagian anggota yang membuat Tobat menunjukkan usaha pembersihan sosial, masih terdapat anggota yang tidak dapat dikesan keberadaannya dan aktiviti jenayah tetap berlaku secara tersembunyi. Kejadian kekerasan, termasuk serangan terhadap individu yang telah membuat Tobat, menunjukkan kekerasan dan ketegangan yang masih berterusan. 

Secara keseluruhan, usaha polis yang agresif dan pendedahan struktur kumpulan rahsia memberi impak positif dalam mengurangkan jenayah, tetapi cabaran besar dalam membanteras pengaruh kumpulan samseng dan organisasi rahsia ini tetap wujud dan memerlukan perhatian berterusan.

B.  REPUTASI BURUK PEMIMPIN TEMPATAN

Di bawah pemerintahan British, pegawai daerah British bertanggungjawab untuk mentadbir daerah-daerah dalam setiap negeri. Dalam setiap daerah, pentadbiran dijalankan oleh penghulu Melayu yang bergaji, dilantik oleh British selepas berunding dengan komuniti Melayu. Penghulu bertanggungjawab untuk menjaga keamanan dan ketenteraman di kawasan mereka masing-masing.

Penghulu berperanan sebagai pemimpin utama dan wakil masyarakat di dalam mukim atau kampung yang diamanahkan. Tugas utama mereka termasuk menguruskan pelbagai fungsi pentadbiran seperti menyimpan rekod penting seperti kelahiran, kematian, dan perkahwinan serta memastikan semua peraturan tempatan dipatuhi. Sebagai pemimpin komuniti, Penghulu berfungsi sebagai penghubung utama antara penduduk dan pihak berkuasa kerajaan, memudahkan komunikasi dan pelaksanaan program pembangunan serta kebajikan masyarakat. Mereka sering terlibat dalam merancang dan menyelaras projek pembangunan, pembaikan infrastruktur, serta aktiviti sosial yang bertujuan meningkatkan kesejahteraan penduduk kawasan mereka.

Selain daripada tugas-tugas pentadbiran, Penghulu juga bertanggungjawab dalam menjaga keamanan dan ketenteraman di kawasan mereka. Mereka bekerjasama rapat dengan agensi keselamatan tempatan dan masyarakat untuk menangani sebarang konflik atau pertikaian, seterusnya memastikan suasana yang aman dan harmoni terpelihara. Penghulu turut memainkan peranan dalam menyokong dan memelihara adat resam serta amalan keagamaan setempat, sering kali berkerjasama dengan tokoh agama seperti Haji atau Ustaz. Selain itu, mereka bertanggungjawab menyelia dan mengkoordinasikan tugas-tugas bersama pegawai atau pembantu tempatan seperti Kerani bagi memastikan pengurusan hal ehwal masyarakat berjalan lancar dan berkesan.

Penghulu juga perlu melaporkan segala perkembangan dan aktiviti kepada pihak atasan seperti pegawai daerah atau majlis tempatan. Ini memerlukan mereka untuk menjalankan tugas dengan penuh integriti, telus, dan bertanggungjawab. Secara keseluruhannya, Penghulu adalah figura penting dalam masyarakat yang memainkan peranan dalam pembangunan sosial, menjaga keamanan, dan mewakili suara rakyat dalam sistem pemerintahan tempatan, memastikan kesejahteraan dan keharmonian komuniti mereka terpelihara.

Penghulu biasanya berperanan sebagai pemimpin adat atau ketua kampung yang mempunyai kedekatan dengan masyarakat dan warisan budaya mereka. Mereka sering menjadi penjaga dan pewaris cerita rakyat, tradisi lisan, serta pengetahuan tempatan. Dalam konteks ini, penghulu berfungsi sebagai penghubung antara masyarakat dan dunia cerita rakyat, memelihara kisah-kisah tradisional yang diwariskan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi.

Kebanyakan cerita yang dikumpulkan meliputi cerita rakyat, cerita tradisional, dan mitos dari pelbagai latar budaya, termasuk budaya Melayu dan budaya lain, yang menunjukkan kepelbagaian warisan cerita yang ada. Tajuk-tajuk seperti "Beruk Pak Si Bagok and Si Gadis," "Pak Pandir," "Pelanduk dan Pengerat Rotan ," dan "Kisah Beruang Kehilangan Ekor" memperlihatkan cerita berunsurkan moral, humor, dan pengajaran yang disampaikan melalui kisah binatang, manusia, dan makhluk mitos. Selain itu, terdapat karya yang berkaitan dengan legenda dan mitos seperti "Kisah Lima Lelaki menculik Puteri Raja" dan "Mat Jenin," yang memperkukuhkan lagi kekayaan cerita rakyat yang dikumpul. Kebanyakan karya ini diterbitkan sekitar tahun 1906-1907.

Penghulu dalam koleksi cerita rakyat ini merujuk kepada individu-individu yang dipercayai sebagai sumber cerita atau pencerita dari komuniti mereka. Dalam sumber yang diberikan, terdapat beberapa penghulu yang menyampaikan kisah-kisah tertentu, seperti Penghulu Mohamed Noordin bin Jaffar dari Kota Setia dan Penghulu Haji Mohamed Nasir bin Kanda Mat Sen dari Hutan Melintang, Lower Perak. 

Penghulu-penghulu dalam daerah Hilir Perak dalam tahun 1893

Dokumen-dokumen pelantikan beberapa orang individu
sebagai Penghulu di daerah Bagan Datuk suatu masa dahulu.

Namun, terdapat juga reputasi buruk berkaitan dengan ketidakcekapan dan kelemahan dalam menjalankan tugas rasmi. Ada Penghulu yang dikatakan tidak cukup tegas dalam menyelesaikan konflik atau masalah masyarakat, menyebabkan ketidakamanan dan ketegangan berlanjutan. Ada juga yang dikatakan tidak cukup komited terhadap tanggungjawab mereka, lebih mengutamakan kepentingan peribadi berbanding kebajikan rakyat. Dalam beberapa kes, kelemahan ini menyebabkan masyarakat hilang kepercayaan terhadap mereka dan melihat mereka sebagai penguasa yang tidak berintegriti. 

Kesemua masalah ini memberi gambaran bahawa, walaupun Penghulu berperanan penting, reputasi buruk ini boleh menjejaskan keberkesanan mereka dalam menjalankan tugas dan membina hubungan yang harmoni dalam komuniti. Oleh itu, adalah penting untuk memastikan integriti dan profesionalisme terus dipupuk dalam kalangan Penghulu untuk memastikan mereka benar-benar berkhidmat demi rakyat dan masyarakat yang adil.

Dokumen ini berkaitan dengan pendaftaran kelahiran dan kematian yang berkuatkuasa selepas sesuatu Perintah (Order) tertentu yang diwartakan dalam tahun 1886, di Perak. Ia menyatakan bahawa apabila seseorang bayi dilahirkan, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab ayah dan ibu bayi untuk melaporkan kelahiran tersebut kepada pegawai di balai polis terdekat atau penghulu dalam tempoh tertentu—iaitu tujuh hari untuk kanak-kanak berbangsa Asia dan 42 hari untuk kanak-kanak berbangsa Eropah atau Kristian. Jika mereka gagal berbuat demikian, individu yang menguasai rumah tempat kelahiran, atau orang yang hadir ketika kelahiran berlaku, bertanggungjawab melaporkan maklumat tersebut.

Begitu juga, apabila seseorang meninggal dunia, pihak yang berkaitan seperti penghuni rumah, ahli keluarga yang tinggal dalam jarak satu batu dari tempat kematian, atau orang yang hadir ketika kematian berlaku, perlu melaporkan maklumat kematian kepada pegawai di balai polis atau penghulu dalam masa tujuh hari selepas kejadian. Jika mereka gagal melaporkan, mereka boleh dikenakan denda sebanyak $20 atau penjara selama sebulan.

Selain itu, dokumen ini menyatakan bahawa tiada bayaran dikenakan untuk pendaftaran kelahiran dan kematian, dan rekod pendaftaran yang dibuat oleh penghulu akan dihantar ke balai polis setiap bulan untuk rujukan dan penyimpanan rasmi.

Dokumen daftar isirumah yang perlu diisikan oleh Penghulu dan diserahkan
 kepada Pegawai daerahnya.dalam tahun 1882

Walaupun pengaruh dan tanggungjawab seorang Penghulu sangat penting dalam masyarakat, terdapat beberapa reputasi buruk yang dikaitkan dengan mereka dari segi kelakuan dan integriti. Antara isu utama ialah sikap pilih kasih dan ketidakadilan dalam pelaksanaan tugas. Ada sesetengah Penghulu dikatakan tidak adil dalam mengagihkan bantuan atau sumber kepada penduduk, lebih cenderung memberi perhatian kepada pihak tertentu sahaja, yang menyebabkan ketidakpuasan hati dalam komuniti. Selain itu, ada juga laporan mengenai amalan rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa, di mana sebahagian Penghulu dikatakan meminta atau menerima rasuah daripada penduduk atau pihak tertentu untuk meluluskan sesuatu permohonan atau projek.

Dalam tahun 1900, terdapat laporan mengenai Haji Abubakar, Penghulu Rungkup, yang telah dilaporkan secara buruk oleh Majistret Daerah. Raja Muda menyatakan bahawa Haji Abubakar sudah tua, tidak dapat membaca atau menulis, dan tidak memberikan bantuan yang signifikan kepada kerajaan. Terdapat satu insiden di Rungkup di mana seorang lelaki ditemukan mati tanpa alasan yang jelas, dan Penghulu gagal memberikan sebarang bantuan dalam menyelesaikan kes tersebut. 

Oleh itu, keputusan dibuat untuk menulis surat kepada Haji Abubakar memberitahu bahawa kerajaan tidak berpuas hati dengan prestasinya dan menganggap beliau harus meletak jawatan. Jika beliau enggan berbuat demikian, kerajaan akan memaksa beliau untuk bersara. Acting Resident juga menyatakan bahawa beliau akan melawat Daerah Perak Bawah untuk menyiasat kes Penghulu tersebut secara peribadi. Mesyuarat Majlis ditangguhkan tanpa tarikh lanjut.

C. KEKEJAMAN KOMUNIS TERHADAP KAUM MELAYU DI BAGAN DATUK

Pergerakan MPAJA (Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army) di kawasan Bagan Datoh, Lower Perak, memainkan peranan penting dalam usaha menentang pendudukan Jepun serta dalam perkembangan politik pasca-perang. Gerakan ini tidak hanya aktif semasa era penjajahan Jepun, malah berterusan selepas perang dengan membawa agenda perjuangan kemerdekaan berasaskan fahaman kiri.

Sebelum pendudukan Jepun secara rasmi pada tahun 1941, sebilangan anggota Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) telah pun aktif membentuk sel rahsia di kawasan Bagan Datoh dan sekitarnya. Apabila Jepun menyerang Tanah Melayu, PKM dengan sokongan British telah menubuhkan MPAJA sebagai sayap ketenteraan untuk menentang Jepun melalui taktik perang gerila. Di Bagan Datoh, hutan dan ladang getah yang luas menjadi lokasi strategik bagi penempatan kem latihan serta markas sementara MPAJA.

Sebagai contoh, MPAJA menjalankan serangan ke atas pasukan Jepun dan juga orang tempatan yang dianggap sebagai tali barut Jepun, memutuskan komunikasi dan sabotaj laluan bekalan tentera. Mereka turut menjalankan operasi di kawasan Sungai Dulang dan Hutan Melintang yang berhampiran, sambil mendapatkan bekalan makanan daripada penduduk kampung yang menyokong perjuangan mereka. Keadaan ini menyebabkan kawasan Bagan Datoh menjadi antara zon yang sering mengalami gangguan keselamatan oleh pihak Jepun, yang kemudiannya melancarkan kempen pembalasan terhadap penduduk kampung yang disyaki membantu MPAJA.

Lower Perak, khususnya kawasan sekitar Bagan Datoh, merupakan antara lokasi yang penting dalam sejarah perjuangan rakyat menentang pendudukan Jepun di Tanah Melayu. Kawasan ini menjadi markas strategik kepada Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) kerana bentuk muka buminya yang sesuai untuk kegiatan gerila, seperti hutan tebal dan laluan sungai yang memudahkan pergerakan serta penyembunyian. Sokongan penduduk tempatan, terutamanya dalam kalangan masyarakat Cina, turut memperkukuh kedudukan MPAJA di kawasan ini, memandangkan mereka banyak mengalami kekejaman tentera Jepun. Selain itu, bantuan daripada pihak British melalui Force 136 juga telah meningkatkan keupayaan operasi MPAJA dalam menentang penjajah. Selepas tamat Perang Dunia Kedua, pengaruh MPAJA masih dirasai, khususnya dalam gerakan politik berhaluan kiri yang memperjuangkan kemerdekaan daripada penjajahan British. Oleh itu, Lower Perak kekal sebagai simbol penting dalam sejarah ketahanan dan semangat perjuangan rakyat terhadap kuasa asing di Tanah Melayu.

Aktiviti-aktiviti MPAJA di Daerah Bagan Datuk memainkan peranan penting dalam usaha menentang tentera Jepun semasa pendudukan Jepun di Malaya. Mereka menjalankan serangan gerila dan pergerakan pantas menggunakan laluan rahsia melalui kawasan hutan paya dan kawasan sukar ditembusi, yang memberi kelebihan strategik kepada mereka untuk mengelak daripada dikesan musuh. 

MPAJA memanfaatkan rangkaian sungai dan laluan bot untuk mengangkut bekalan dan berkomunikasi antara satu sama lain, memanfaatkan kelebihan geografikal kawasan sekitar Sungai Perak dan kawasan sekitarnya. Mereka juga bergantung kepada sokongan komuniti tempatan untuk maklumat dan perlindungan, terutama di kawasan terpencil seperti Kuala Bernam dan Jendarata. Keputusan mereka menggunakan laluan dalam dan bukannya Selat Melaka menunjukkan strategi berhati-hati dalam mengelakkan serangan dan pengesanan Jepun. 

Aktiviti gerila ini turut mengganggu bekalan Jepun dan mengekalkan kehadiran yang berterusan, menyulitkan operasi tentera Jepun di kawasan itu. Secara keseluruhan, keberkesanan aktiviti MPAJA di Bagan Datuk terletak pada penggunaan terrain yang strategik, gerila yang pantas, dan sokongan komuniti, yang bersama-sama menyumbang kepada usaha perlawanan yang berterusan sepanjang pendudukan Jepun di Malaya.

Perjanjian Blantan, walaupun ringkas dan tidak formal, yang dirundingkan di sebuah pondok di tengah-tengah hutan, bertujuan untuk menyelaraskan usaha menentang Jepun semasa Perang Dunia II di bawah pengaruh Force 136 diketuai John Davis, dianggap sebagai kemenangan taktikal manakala gerila Komunis China dibawah Chin Peng mendapat manfaat daripada latihan dan bekalan. Walau bagaimanapun, warisan perjanjian ini berlanjutan selepas kekalahan Jepun, menyumbang kepada kekeliruan ekonomi pascaperang dan ketegangan antara kepentingan kolonial British dan kumpulan Komunis China. Akhirnya, perjanjian ini membuka jalan kepada pemberontakan Komunis terhadap pemerintahan British.
Kekalahan Jepun menyebabkan Bintang Tiga keluar dari hutan untuk mengambil alih  kuasa ketenteraan. Mereka disambut gembira oleh penduduk-penduduk bandar yang majoritinya berbangsa Cina, tetapi sebaliknya di kawasan perkampungan Melayu.

Akhbar "The Straits Times" selepas pendudukan Jepun pada tahun 1945, melaporkan keadaan di Lower Perak dan Bagan Datoh di Malaya. Pengangkutan ke dan dari kawasan pedalaman dan pesisir pantai sangat terhad, namun perdagangan minyak masih berjalan kerana stok kopra tempatan digunakan di kilang-kilang. Situasi buruh secara amnya dianggap memuaskan secara tidak dijangka, walaupun ada kemungkinan masalah buruh sementara di Utara Malaya. Keadaan perladangan, terutamanya saliran, sangat buruk akibat tiada penyelenggaraan semasa pendudukan Jepun, tetapi landasan kereta api ringan yang sedia ada masih boleh digunakan dan bangunan-bangunan ladang berada dalam keadaan yang agak baik. Terdapat petunjuk bahawa pihak musuh (Jepun) hanya menuai selama sepuluh hari sebulan dan membiarkan buruh terbiar pada hari-hari selebihnya, yang menyebabkan penyelenggaraan ladang sangat kurang memuaskan.

Apabila Jepun menyerah kalah pada Ogos 1945, MPAJA telah keluar dari hutan dan buat sementara waktu mengambil alih kuasa pentadbiran di beberapa kawasan termasuk di sekitar Bagan Datoh. Dalam tempoh kekosongan kuasa (vacuum of power) sebelum British kembali melalui Pentadbiran Tentera British (BMA), MPAJA menjalankan kegiatan "pembersihan" terhadap individu yang pernah menjadi tali barut Jepun. Tindakan ini mencetuskan ketegangan, terutamanya dengan komuniti Melayu yang menganggap tindakan MPAJA sebagai tidak adil dan berunsur balas dendam.

Keadaan konflik dan ketegangan antara orang Melayu dan komunis Cina pada awal tahun 1946, khususnya di kawasan-kawasan seperti Kampung Ayer Itam, Batu 15 Jalan Bidor, Bagan Pasir, dan Sungai Tiang. ketegangan etnik dan konflik ekonomi yang berlaku di Kampung Sungai Tiang, Sungai Bharu, dan Sungai Lanchang, Mukim Rungkup semasa Bintang Tiga cuba menguasai kawasan tersebut.. Ia menggambarkan gangguan yang dilakukan oleh orang Cina dari Bagan Sungai Tiang terhadap kegiatan ekonomi orang Melayu, yang mengakibatkan ketegangan antara dua kumpulan etnik tersebut. 

Dalam kejadian pada Mac 1946, orang Melayu mengalami gangguan ketika mereka menangkap ikan di laut, di mana beberapa nelayan Melayu dibunuh dengan tombak oleh kumpulan komunis Cina. Insiden menyerang nelayan yang pulang ke rumah menaikkan lagi kemarahan di kalangan orang Melayu, dengan dua nelayan, Dibar dan Osman, ditangkap manakala yang lain berjaya melarikan diri. Keengganan orang Melayu untuk berurus niaga dengan orang Cina menyebabkan tindakan agresif yang merampas ternakan seperti ayam dan itik, serta serangan terhadap nelayan Melayu. 

Bintang Tiga berhasrat untuk menguasai Kuala Sungai Bernam dan Kuala Sungai Perak sekali gus, untuk memantapkan kekuatan mereka di Hilir Perak. Ini bermakna, apabila Jepun pergi, keselamatan penduduk tetap tidak menentu sehinggalah ada satu kuasa yang benar-benar mampu memulihkan suasana.

Telah kedengaran desas-desus daripada nelayan pantai yang melihat bendera Bintang Tiga sudah mula dikibarkan di Bagan Sungai Belukang dan di Bagan Lipas. Ahli-ahli Bintang Tiga dari Bagan Sungai Belukang khabarnya akan melanggar kampung-kampung Melayu berhampiran untuk meluaskan kuasa. Mereka akan berarak melalui Kampung Sungai Tiang, Kampung Sungai Baru, Kampung Sungai Lanchang, Rungkup Besar, Rungkup Kecil, Kampung Sungai Ular, ke Tanjung Api-Api dan terus menakluki Pekan Bagan Datoh.

Rungkup pernah dijadikan markas tentera British dan Jepun ketika menduduki Tanah Melayu pada tahun 1942-1946. Walaupun terdapat kawalan tentera di kawasan tersebut, keganasan yang dilakukan oleh kelompok komunis Cina menyebabkan ramai orang Melayu terpaksa berpindah untuk keselamatan mereka.

Dalam usaha untuk melindungi diri, orang Melayu telah memohon kepada BMA (British Military Administration) untuk menempatkan tentera beragama Islam di perkampungan mereka, menunjukkan keperluan akan sokongan yang lebih sensitif terhadap kepercayaan dan identiti mereka dalam menghadapi ketidakadilan yang berlaku. (1 April 1946, DOLP158/45).

Isu yang berkaitan dengan kesucian Islam dan akidah merupakan perkara yang sangat sensitif, terutamanya dalam konteks Alam Melayu yang secara budaya dan agama sangat rapat dengan ajaran Islam. Apabila ada unsur atau perjuangan yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam, masyarakat Melayu cenderung menentang dan mempertahankan pegangan mereka secara habis-habisan kerana ia berkait rapat dengan identiti dan kepercayaan mereka. Contohnya, penolakan terhadap perjuangan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) oleh sebahagian besar orang Melayu menunjukkan bahawa mereka melihat perjuangan tersebut sebagai ancaman kepada nilai-nilai agama dan adat resam mereka. 

Penentangan masyarakat Melayu terhadap ancaman ke atas Islam adalah satu fenomena yang berasaskan kepercayaan dan keimanan yang mendalam. Secara keseluruhan, peristiwa ini mencerminkan betapa pentingnya agama dalam membentuk sikap dan tindakan masyarakat Melayu dalam menghadapi ancaman yang dianggap mampu merosakkan akidah dan kesucian agama mereka.

Pembunuhan demi pembunuhan tanpa pengadilan dilakukan sewenang-wenangnya terhadap orang-orang yang dianggap talibarut Jepun termasuklah penghulu, ketua kampung, kerani, sukarelawan dalam tentera Jepun, hatta mereka yang pernah 'tersenyum' dengan Jepun pun. Pengadilan segera tanpa bukti dan fakta menjadikan orang-orang melayu terus membenci mereka.

Komuniti Melayu mengalami gangguan keselamatan yang serius, bertujuan mengganggu kegiatan ekonomi mereka dan memaksa mereka meninggalkan kawasan tersebut. Kejadian serangan secara berterusan menyebabkan orang Melayu bertindak balas dengan bersedia membawa parang panjang untuk mempertahankan diri daripada serangan komuniti Cina. Keadaan ini mencerminkan ketegangan etnik dan konflik yang semakin memuncak selepas Perang Dunia Kedua, serta menunjukkan keperluan mendesak untuk usaha keselamatan yang lebih efektif bagi memastikan kestabilan dan keamanan masyarakat Melayu di kawasan tersebut.

 

Perang antara orang Islam dan bukan Islam hanya menjadi jihad jika ia diisytiharkan sedemikian oleh seorang imam atau pemimpin agama. Imam tersebut perlu mempertimbangkan dengan teliti sama ada ancaman terhadap umat Islam dan Islam itu sendiri begitu besar sehingga tiada pilihan lain selain mengeluarkan fatwa (seruan) agar semua umat Islam di kawasan berkenaan menyertai jihad.

"... jika sebuah negara Islam diserang oleh orang kafir, imam boleh mengeluarkan seruan umum menyeru semua umat Islam di situ untuk mengangkat senjata. Dan apabila ancaman itu semakin besar, maka seruan itu boleh diperluas sehingga melibatkan seluruh dunia Islam. Seorang Muslim yang mati berperang di Jalan Allah (fi sabil Allah) adalah seorang syahid dan dijamin masuk syurga... Kematian sebegini pada zaman awal Islam dianggap sebagai kemuncak kehidupan yang saleh... mana-mana peperangan antara umat Islam dan bukan Islam mestilah dianggap sebagai jihad dengan segala bentuk galakan dan ganjarannya...."

Setelah British kembali, MPAJA secara rasmi dibubarkan, tetapi ramai bekas anggotanya di kawasan Bagan Datoh terus aktif dalam kegiatan bawah tanah dan menyertai semula gerakan komunis semasa Darurat 1948. Kawasan ini sekali lagi menjadi zon konflik apabila British melancarkan operasi ketenteraan untuk menumpaskan gerila komunis, dan kampung-kampung di sekitar Bagan Datoh mengalami pengawasan ketat serta program "kampung baru" untuk mengasingkan penduduk daripada pemberontak komunis.

Bagan Datoh 1925

D.  KES-KES JENAYAH BERAT DI BAGAN DATUK

Bagan Datuk, sebuah daerah yang terletak di selatan negeri Perak, pernah menyaksikan pelbagai peristiwa hitam yang melibatkan jenayah berat suatu masa dahulu. Pada awal abad ke-20, kawasan ini bukan sahaja terkenal dengan kegiatan ekonomi seperti perikanan dan pertanian, malah turut menjadi lokasi berlakunya jenayah serius yang menggugat ketenteraman awam. Antara bentuk jenayah yang berlaku termasuk pergaduhan bersenjata, rompakan terancang, pembunuhan, dan kegiatan kongsi gelap yang berakar umbi dalam masyarakat tempatan. Kelemahan penguatkuasaan undang-undang ketika itu, ditambah pula dengan pengaruh kumpulan rahsia dan samseng tempatan, menjadikan Bagan Datuk sebagai antara kawasan yang mencabar dari segi keselamatan dan ketenteraman awam dalam sejarah Perak.

 

Berikut adalah terjemahan petikan akhbar tentang kes-kes jenayah berat yang pernah berlaku dalam daerah Bagan Datuk suatu ketika dahulu:

• Straitsechomail19100916

Sebagai tindak balas kepada laporan oleh Pegawai Daerah Lower Perak, Haji Sirat, yang sebelum ini adalah Ketua Jawa di mukim Rungkup, telah berusaha memaksa pemilik tanah orang asli untuk menjual tanah mereka kepada pelabur Eropah, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Perak telah menasihati Haji Sirat dan memberi amaran bahawa jika kesalahan yang sama berlaku lagi, beliau akan dipecat dari daerah tersebut.

• Pinangazette19140728

Berita juga sampai di sini mengenai seorang Cina (seorang penanam sayur) yang menikam seekor lembu di Rungkop, sebuah kampung kira-kira 7 batu dari sini. Haiwan tersebut telah diperlakukan dengan kejam. Pemilik haiwan, seorang Tamil, telah menahan lelaki itu dan membawanya ke Balai Polis Rungkop, dari mana dia dibawa ke Balai Polis di Kuantan Melintang. Kini dia ditahan sementara menunggu perbicaraan.

• Laporan dari Pinang Gazette bertarikh 17 Ogos 1916 melaporkan satu insiden berkaitan salah laku polis seorang anggota polis Sikh bernama Guffar Singh yang, sehingga baru-baru ini, berkhidmat sebagai konstabel polis. Mengikut laporan, Guffar Singh didakwa cuba membunuh seorang lelaki bernama Chang Ah Kye di muara Sungai Kayan pada 10 Jun. Tuduhan ini menunjukkan bahawa beliau mungkin terlibat dalam satu kejadian kekerasan serius yang melibatkan penggunaan senjata api.

Saksi pertama yang dipanggil adalah Ponnampalam, seorang penjaga di Hospital Bagan Datoh. Beliau memberitahu bahawa beliau telah memeriksa mangsa dan mendapati bahawa Chang Ah Kye mengalami lapan luka tembakan. Selain itu, seorang pegawai dari pejabat survei Bagan Datoh turut memberi keterangan mengenai pelan lokasi kejadian yang diserahkan oleh pihak pendakwa.
Seterusnya, pegawai yang bertanggungjawab di Balai Polis Kuala Perak, Encik H. J. Garwood, turut dipanggil memberi keterangan. Beliau mengisahkan bahawa selepas menerima maklumat mengenai kejadian jenayah berat tersebut, beliau segera ke Hospital Bagan Datoh dan berjumpa dengan mangsa yang cedera parah. Beliau kemudian ke balai polis dan ke lokasi kejadian keesokan harinya, di mana beliau mengumpul bukti dan menemu bual saksi-saksi. Pihak polis melakukan pencarian di sungai untuk mencari karbin yang hilang, tetapi gagal menemuinya kerana sungai di tempat itu dipenuhi buaya.

• Pinangazette19180515

Laporan ini melaporkan beberapa kesalahan undang-undang yang berlaku di kawasan tersebut. Mehoon, seorang warga Jawa, dijatuhkan hukuman penjara selama sebulan secara keras kerana melarikan diri dari Estate Selaba dan mempunyai rekod kesalahan sebelum ini yang diakui olehnya. Selain itu, Kundasamy dan Munia Pillai dihantar ke Mahkamah Ipoh untuk dibicarakan atas tuduhan melarikan diri dari majikan mereka di sana. Seorang kanak-kanak, Din bin Mat, dikenakan hukuman lima pukulan rotan kerana mencuri lima bungkus benang kapas yang bernilai kira-kira $5. Dalam satu lagi kes, Ong Ah Teng didakwa kerana mengelak pembayaran cukai di Kuala Rungkup selepas ditangkap sedang membawa enam kotak mancis bernilai lebih kurang $80 dari Penang ke Melaka menggunakan tongkang. Mahkamah memerintahkan beliau membayar denda sebanyak $500 dan mancis tersebut dirampas.

• Laporan dari Malaya Tribune bertarikh 22 Julai 1922 melaporkan kejadian rompakan berani di kawasan Bagan Datoh, Perak Selatan. Kejadian tersebut melibatkan seorang lelaki bernama Encik C. Cruikshank dari Bagan Datoh Estate yang menjadi mangsa rompakan oleh dua lelaki Melayu.

Menurut laporan, Encik Cruikshank sedang mengangkut wang sebanyak $5,000 menggunakan basikal dari Bagan Datoh ke ladang untuk membayar gaji pekerja ladang. Semasa dalam perjalanan, kira-kira 300 ela dari Balai Polis Bagan Datoh, dua lelaki tiba-tiba menyerang beliau dari kedua-dua sisi. Tanpa disedari, beliau telah dipukul dengan batang kayu yang dibawa oleh penyerang dan kemudian diseret dari basikalnya, menyebabkan beliau tidak mampu bergerak. Dalam keadaan tidak berdaya itu, beliau menyaksikan mereka melarikan diri dengan beg yang mengandungi wang tersebut.
Encik Cruikshank dapat melihat dengan jelas wajah kedua-dua penyerang dan yakin bahawa mereka bukan orang Melayu dari Bagan Datoh. Beliau menggambarkan salah seorang lelaki berumur antara 35 dan 38 tahun, berkulit cerah berbanding yang lain, sementara lelaki yang lain kelihatan lebih muda, lebih pendek dan berkulit lebih gelap.
Walaupun mengalami kecederaan yang agak serius, Encik Cruikshank tidak mengalami kecederaan yang mengancam nyawa. Pihak pengurusan ladang, diketuai oleh Encik Gillespie, menawarkan hadiah sebanyak $100 kepada sesiapa yang dapat memberikan maklumat yang membawa kepada penangkapan salah seorang daripada penjenayah tersebut. Selain itu, mereka juga menawarkan 10 peratus daripada jumlah wang yang berjaya dipulihkan daripada $5,000 yang hilang. Pihak berkuasa sedang menjalankan siasatan untuk menangkap penjenayah tersebut.

• Laporan daripada Gazette Pulau Pinang bertarikh 17 Ogos 1916 melaporkan satu kes yang melibatkan salah laku polis di Ipoh. Seorang anggota polis Sikh bernama Guffar Singh, yang baru-baru ini berkhidmat sebagai anggota polis, didakwa cuba membunuh Chang Ah Kye pada 10 Jun di mulut Sungai Kayan.

Saksi pertama yang dipanggil ialah Ponnampalam, seorang penjaga di Hospital Bagan Datoh. Beliau memberitahu bahawa beliau telah memeriksa pesakit yang didapati mempunyai lapan luka tembakan. Selain itu, seorang pekerja di pejabat survei Bagan Datoh juga memberi keterangan berkaitan pelan lokasi kejadian yang dikemukakan oleh pihak pendakwa.
Kemudian, Mr. H. J. Garwood, pegawai yang bertanggungjawab di Kuala Perak, memberi keterangan bahawa beliau telah menerima maklumat berhubung kejadian jenayah serius tersebut. Beliau memandu ke Hospital Bagan Datoh dan berjumpa dengan pengadu yang cedera terkena tembakan buckshot. Beliau kemudian pergi ke balai polis dan ke lokasi kejadian pada keesokan harinya, di mana beliau mengumpulkan bukti dan saksi-saksi. Usaha pencarian dilakukan di sungai untuk mencari karbin yang hilang, tetapi gagal ditemui kerana sungai di kawasan itu didapati dipenuhi buaya.
Kes ini kemudiannya ditutup untuk pihak pendakwa. Laporan ini menyoroti isu keselamatan dan salah laku anggota polis pada zaman itu serta tindakan pihak berkuasa dalam usaha menyelesaikan kes jenayah yang melibatkan anggota polis sendiri.

• Laporan dari Gazette Pulau Pinang bertarikh 7 November 1932 memberitakan mengenai satu kes pembunuhan yang melibatkan Vellasamy, seorang lelaki yang didakwa di Mahkamah Rayuan di Ipoh. Kejadian itu berlaku di sepanjang Jalan Bagan Datoh, di kilometer 17, Lower Perak, pada awal pagi 1 Ogos. Motif pembunuhan dikaitkan dengan cemburu, menunjukkan adanya konflik peribadi atau emosi yang mendalam. Mangsa, isteri Vellasamy, ditemui dengan kecederaan serius, termasuk luka parah di kedua-dua belah leher dan belakang, serta tangan yang sebahagiannya terputus, menunjukkan serangan yang kejam menggunakan parang. Menariknya, Vellasamy sendiri yang melaporkan kejadian itu kepada polis, yang menunjukkan kemungkinan keadaan emosinya yang kompleks atau ketegangan mental.

Setelah siasatan dijalankan, polis mendapati wanita itu masih hidup dan membawanya ke hospital. Di sana, beliau membuat pengakuan mati sebelum meninggal dunia pada petang hari yang sama, memberikan keterangan penting untuk kes tersebut. Artikel juga menyebut bahawa pada pagi yang sama, Vellasamy telah mencederakan seorang lelaki bernama Raman Nair, yang tinggal di barisan pekerja kuli yang sama, menunjukkan kemungkinan pola tingkah laku agresif atau konflik yang semakin meningkat. Kes ini mencerminkan isu keganasan rumah tangga, cemburu, dan akibat tragis daripada pertikaian peribadi pada zaman penjajahan di Tanah Melayu awal abad ke-20, serta menyoroti aspek sosial dan proses undang-undang ketika itu.

• Laporan dari SingfreePress bertarikh 9 September 1938 melaporkan proses perbicaraan di Mahkamah Assize Perak mengenai kes seorang lelaki dari kaum Tamil Selatan bernama Naglah. Dia didakwa dengan sengaja menyebabkan kematian seorang rakan sekerja, Kichan, yang berlaku di kuil Rungkup Estate pada 26 April sebelumnya.

Menurut keterangan saksi Veerasamy, pada malam kejadian dia dan kira-kira enam rakannya termasuk tertuduh dan mangsa tiba di Bagan Datoh dan melawat kedai tuak. Setelah minum tuak, berlaku pergaduhan antara tertuduh dan mangsa. Tertuduh mengalami kekalahan dan mula melarikan diri ke arah balai polis. Rakan-rakan mereka terus berjalan dan sampai ke kuil Rungkup Estate sekitar pukul 9.30 malam, di mana mereka berbaring dan tidur.
Semasa tidur, Veerasamy merasa ada gerakan tangan di dada tengahnya dan terbangun. Dia melihat tertuduh sedang menikam Kichan. Selepas memekik meminta tolong, tertuduh melarikan diri. Veerasamy kemudian mengeluarkan pisau dari dada mangsa dan menggerakkan rakan-rakannya untuk memeriksa keadaan mangsa. Apabila mendapati mangsa sudah meninggal dunia, mereka berlari kerana takut dituduh melakukan jenayah tersebut.
Dalam soal balas, Veerasamy menyatakan bahawa dia takut dan tidak mengejar tertuduh kerana rasa takut, bukan kerana bersalah. Dia mengaku mengeluarkan pisau itu dengan niat menyelamatkan nyawa sendiri dan meletakkan pisau berhampiran kepala mangsa, tetapi salah seorang rakannya, Nondy, membuang pisau tersebut. 
Bagi soalan daripada peguam, dia menuduh bahawa Veerasamy memberi maklumat terhadap tertuduh supaya tertuduh tidak memberi keterangan yang boleh membuktikan kumpulan mereka terlibat dalam siri kecurian. Veerasamy menafikan tuduhan tersebut dan menyatakan dia tidak mahu menyalahkan sesiapa. Perbicaraan kemudiannya ditangguhkan untuk sambungan kemudian.

• Laporan dari The Morning Tribune bertarikh 7 Jun 1939 melaporkan kejadian pembunuhan beramai-ramai di kawasan Bagan Datoh, Perak. Pada hari itu, berlaku satu lagi kes pembunuhan beramai-ramai, kali ini melibatkan seorang wanita Jawa dan dua anaknya yang ditemui telah dipukul dan dipotong hingga mati di sebuah kampung terpencil bernama Kota Setia di sepanjang Sungai Perak. Polis sedang memburu seorang lelaki Jawa yang ketika laporan dibuat, masih bebas dan belum ditangkap.

• Laporan dari Pinang Gazette bertarikh 25 Jun 1940 melaporkan satu peristiwa tragis yang berlaku di Teluk Anson (sekarang Teluk Intan), Perak, yang melibatkan pembunuhan seorang wanita Melayu dan dua orang anaknya. Kejadian ini berlaku lebih dari setahun yang lalu dan disebut semula di Mahkamah Tinggi Perak dalam satu perbicaraan terhadap seorang lelaki bernama Malik bin Haji Kary.

Menurut laporan, kejadian tersebut berpunca daripada hubungan rapat yang didakwa berlaku antara wanita mangsa dan tertuduh. Ia dikatakan bermula apabila wanita tersebut mencederakan tertuduh dengan menggunakan sejenis alat yang dipanggil 'razo' di bahagian tertentu tubuh lelaki itu. Sebagai tindak balas, tertuduh dikatakan mengambil parang dari dalam rumah dan bertindak menyerang wanita serta kedua-dua anaknya, yang berumur lima tahun dan satu setengah tahun, hingga mati.
Pada awal perbicaraan, Hakim (yang disebut sebagai Lordship, iaitu Hon. Mr. Justice Horne) membantah supaya ketiga-tiga pertuduhan membunuh terhadap tertuduh tidak didengar serentak. Bagaimanapun, pihak pendakwa, melalui Peguam Bantuan, T. V. A. Brodie, memutuskan untuk meneruskan pendengaran berkaitan pertuduhan kedua, iaitu terhadap tertuduh atas tuduhan menyebabkan kematian seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berumur lima tahun, Wan Haji bin Yamar, pada 6 Jun 1939 di Kota Setia, Teluk Anson.
Laporan menyebut bahawa terdapat dua orang penilai (assessors) yang hadir, iaitu Datoh Muda Panglima Kinta dan Inche Wahi. Peguam Chabra dilantik untuk mewakili pihak pendakwaan. Perbicaraan ini menyoroti tragedi yang menyayat hati, serta menunjukkan kekerasan yang berlaku dalam insiden tersebut. Kes ini menjadi perhatian umum kerana melibatkan jenayah pembunuhan yang kejam dan berkaitan dengan isu hubungan peribadi yang rumit. 

• Laporan dari The Morning Tribune bertarikh 7 Jun 1939 melaporkan lima orang Melayu telah ditangkap berhubung dengan kes pembunuhan kejam dan rompakan di daerah Bagan Datoh yang berlaku kira-kira dua minggu lalu. Sebuah shotgun berkembar juga telah dirampas. Lelaki Melayu tersebut, yang berasal dari kawasan pesisir, dihadapkan ke mahkamah dan kini ditahan reman menunggu siasatan lanjut. Perkara ini berlaku selepas penemuan mayat dua orang Cina berhampiran Bagan Datoh, yang dikenal pasti sebagai seorang towkay (pengeksport ikan) dan pekerjanya, yang masing-masing mengalami luka tembakan. Mayat towkay ditemui di dasar sungai. Selain itu, dikatakan bahawa wang tunai sebanyak $150 telah dicuri daripada mereka.

• Laporan dari Gazette Pulau Pinang bertarikh 11 Februari 1936 melaporkan satu kes pergaduhan yang berlaku di kawasan Bagan Datoh. Tiga lelaki keturunan Tamil, iaitu Varathan, Palani, dan Arumugam, didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret Tebak Anson kerana secara sukarela menyebabkan kecederaan kepada seorang lelaki berbangsa Malabari bernama Sams.

Kejadian berlaku pada 15 Disember sekitar pukul 6.30 pagi di 7th mile Nova Scotia Estate, selepas panggilan berkumpul. Saksi utama, Munusamy, yang merupakan seorang tindal di estate tersebut, memberitahu bahawa beliau menyaksikan pergaduhan tersebut dan telah meminta Sams pergi, tetapi Sams enggan berbuat demikian kerana berada dalam keadaan marah, begitu juga dengan Varathan yang ingin membalas dendam kerana pernah diserang sebelum ini.
Munusamy berjaya membawa Sams kira-kira dua chain dari tempat kejadian, tetapi Sams melarikan diri dan berlari ke arah Varathan, yang kemudian menuduhnya. Varathan memukul Sams dengan parang, dan kedua-duanya mula bergelut hingga terjatuh ke dalam longkang. Palani dan Arumugam turut memukul Sams beberapa kali dengan kayu kanda ketika pergaduhan itu berlaku. Sams yang cedera dipenuhi dengan lumpur dan mempunyai luka di paha kiri, pinggang, dan tapak tangan. Varathan pula mempunyai luka di kepala, tapak tangan, dan pinggang.
Varathan, yang merupakan tertuduh pertama, memberi keterangan bahawa dia telah diserang terlebih dahulu oleh Pertasamy dan kemudian Sams menolaknya ke dalam longkang serta menikamnya dengan parang. Manakala, Palani dan Arumugam menafikan sebarang pengetahuan tentang pergaduhan tersebut dan mendakwa mereka tidak terlibat.
Hakim Hargreaves mendengar keterangan dan akhirnya memutuskan semua tertuduh bersalah. Mereka dikenakan hukuman denda sebanyak $200 atau penjara selama enam bulan jika gagal membayar denda tersebut. Kes ini menunjukkan isu kekerasan dan pergaduhan dalam kalangan komuniti pada masa itu serta tindakan undang-undang yang diambil terhadap pesalah.

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Pada 28 April, di Teluk Anson, satu mayat pekerja India ditemui semalam di kuil Hindu di Rungkup, sebuah kampung kecil dalam perjalanan ke Bagan Datoh. Lelaki tersebut dikatakan meninggal dunia akibat luka tikam di sebelah kanan dada yang menusuk jantung, dan didakwa berlaku pembunuhan.
Identiti lelaki yang dibunuh itu tidak diketahui dan tiada petunjuk ditemui untuk mengesan pembunuh yang masih bebas. Setelah menerima maklumat, Encik H. Mitchell, Pegawai Pemerintah Kawasan Polis, dan Encik J. M. B. Barnes, Penolong Pegawai Bertanggungjawab di Teluk Anson, pergi ke tempat kejadian untuk menjalankan siasatan, dan pihak polis berharap dapat menangkap suspek dengan segera.
Pada 26 April lalu, seorang lelaki Tamil bernama Naglah, dari kelas buruh, didakwa di Mahkamah Perak atas tuduhan membunuh Kichan, juga dikenali sebagai Ammasimuthu, di kuil Hindu di Ladang Rungkup, Teluk Anson. Tuduhan ini dibuat di hadapan Yang Arif Mahkamah, Raja Musa, bersama dua Penilai, Encik M. P. Croxford dan M. V. Nathan.
Encik N. B. Thomas, Pemeriksa Utama Mahkamah, mewakili Pendakwaraya, memulakan prosiding dengan menyatakan bahawa pada petang 20 April lalu, mangsa bersama lima lagi orang Tamil, termasuk tertuduh, berada di kuil Hindu di Ladang Rungkup. Dalam kejadian itu, dipercayai berlaku pergaduhan antara mangsa dan tertuduh. Kemudian hari itu, mangsa dan empat lagi Tamil pergi ke kuil untuk tidur. Tertuduh tidak menyertai mereka pada masa itu. Pada kira-kira pukul 7.20 malam, pendengaran orang ramai mendengar jeritan daripada mangsa. Rakan-rakan yang tidur bersamanya terbangun dan melihat tertuduh sedang melarikan diri, manakala mangsa ditemui dengan sebilah pisau tertusuk di dadanya. Akibat luka itu, mangsa meninggal dunia tidak lama kemudian.
Encik H. L. Mitchell, Pegawai Superintenden, Polis Kawasan, Lower Perak, memberi keterangan bahawa pada pagi 27 April jam 4.20 pagi, beliau bersama pasukan polis pergi ke Ladang Rungkup dan menemui mayat seorang lelaki Tamil dewasa yang tertutup kain. Setelah kain itu ditarik, beliau mendapati mangsa telah ditikam di dada dan telah meninggal dunia kira-kira lima atau enam jam sebelumnya, terbaring terlentang. Pada 17 Mei sekitar jam 10 pagi, tertuduh telah dibawa ke balai dan ditangkap. Kes ini kemudian ditangguhkan untuk perbicaraan selanjutnya.

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Pada prosiding di Mahkamah Perak yang berkenaan, mahkamah yang dikendalikan oleh Yang Arif Mahkamah, Raja Musa, bersama dua Penilai, Encik M. P. Croxford dan M. V. Nathan, mendengar kes di mana Naglah, seorang pekerja dari Selatan India yang tergolong dalam kelas buruh, didakwa dengan niat menyebabkan kematian seorang rakan senegara, Kichan, di kuil Hindu Ladang Rungkup pada 26 April lalu.
Seorang pekerja buruh lain, Veerasamy, memberi keterangan bahawa pada petang kejadian, dia bersama lima rakannya, termasuk tertuduh dan mangsa, tiba di Bagan Datoh dan melawat kedai tayar arak. Setelah minum arak, berlaku pergaduhan antara tertuduh dan mangsa. Tertuduh mengalami kekalahan dan mula melarikan diri ke arah balai polis. Kumpulan mereka kemudian berjalan ke kuil di Ladang Rungkup dan tiba sekitar pukul 9.30 malam. Mereka melihat ada lampu kecil di dalam kuil dan kemudian berbaring untuk tidur. Semasa tidur, Veerasamy merasa ada pergerakan tangan di dada tengahnya dan terbangun serta melihat tertuduh sedang menikam Kichan. Dia segera mengangkat dan menjerit meminta tolong. Pada masa sama, tertuduh berlari meninggalkan tempat kejadian. Veerasamy mengeluarkan pisau dari dada mangsa dan membangunkan rakannya yang lain. Mereka mendapati mangsa sudah meninggal dunia dan bergegas melarikan diri kerana takut dituduh. 
Dalam pemeriksaan balas, Veerasamy menjelaskan bahawa dia takut dan tidak mengejar tertuduh kerana berasa takut, bukan kerana berasa bersalah. Dia mengeluarkan pisau itu dengan niat untuk menyelamatkan nyawanya dan meletakkan pisau di tanah berhampiran kepala mangsa, tetapi salah seorang rakannya, Nondy, membuang pisau itu. Ketika ditanya sama ada dia memberi maklumat terhadap tertuduh kerana ingin melindungi diri daripada tuduhan pencurian yang pernah dilakukan, Veerasamy menolak tuduhan itu dan menegaskan bahawa dia tidak mahu menyalahkan tertuduh. Kes ini kemudian ditangguhkan untuk perbicaraan selanjutnya.

• Laporan dari SingfreePress bertarikh 9 September 1938 melaporkan proses perbicaraan di Mahkamah Assize Perak mengenai kes seorang lelaki dari kaum Tamil Selatan bernama Naglah. Dia didakwa dengan sengaja menyebabkan kematian seorang rakan sekerja, Kichan, yang berlaku di kuil Rungkup Estate pada 26 April sebelumnya.

Menurut keterangan saksi Veerasamy, pada malam kejadian dia dan kira-kira enam rakannya termasuk tertuduh dan mangsa tiba di Bagan Datoh dan melawat kedai tuak. Setelah minum tuak, berlaku pergaduhan antara tertuduh dan mangsa. Tertuduh mengalami kekalahan dan mula melarikan diri ke arah balai polis. Rakan-rakan mereka terus berjalan dan sampai ke kuil Rungkup Estate sekitar pukul 9.30 malam, di mana mereka berbaring dan tidur.Semasa tidur, Veerasamy merasa ada gerakan tangan di dada tengahnya dan terbangun. Dia melihat tertuduh sedang menikam Kichan. Selepas memekik meminta tolong, tertuduh melarikan diri. Veerasamy kemudian mengeluarkan pisau dari dada mangsa dan menggerakkan rakan-rakannya untuk memeriksa keadaan mangsa. Apabila mendapati mangsa sudah meninggal dunia, mereka berlari kerana takut dituduh melakukan jenayah tersebut.
Dalam soal balas, Veerasamy menyatakan bahawa dia takut dan tidak mengejar tertuduh kerana rasa takut, bukan kerana bersalah. Dia mengaku mengeluarkan pisau itu dengan niat menyelamatkan nyawa sendiri dan meletakkan pisau berhampiran kepala mangsa, tetapi salah seorang rakannya, Nondy, membuang pisau tersebut. Bagi soalan daripada peguam, dia menuduh bahawa Veerasamy memberi maklumat terhadap tertuduh supaya tertuduh tidak memberi keterangan yang boleh membuktikan kumpulan mereka terlibat dalam siri kecurian. Veerasamy menafikan tuduhan tersebut dan menyatakan dia tidak mahu menyalahkan sesiapa. Perbicaraan kemudiannya ditangguhkan untuk sambungan kemudian.

• Laporan dari The Morning Tribune bertarikh 7 Jun 1939 melaporkan lima orang Melayu telah ditangkap berhubung dengan kes pembunuhan kejam dan rompakan di daerah Bagan Datoh yang berlaku kira-kira dua minggu lalu. Sebuah shotgun berkembar juga telah dirampas. Lelaki Melayu tersebut, yang berasal dari kawasan pesisir, dihadapkan ke mahkamah dan kini ditahan reman menunggu siasatan lanjut. Perkara ini berlaku selepas penemuan mayat dua orang Cina berhampiran Bagan Datoh, yang dikenal pasti sebagai seorang towkay (pengeksport ikan) dan pekerjanya, yang masing-masing mengalami luka tembakan. Mayat towkay ditemui di dasar sungai. Selain itu, dikatakan bahawa wang tunai sebanyak $150 telah dicuri daripada mereka.

• The Morning Tribune bertarikh 7 Jun 1939  juga melaporkan kejadian pembunuhan beramai-ramai di kawasan Bagan Datoh, Perak. Pada hari itu, berlaku satu lagi kes pembunuhan beramai-ramai, kali ini melibatkan seorang wanita Jawa dan dua anaknya yang ditemui telah dipukul dan dipotong hingga mati di sebuah kampung terpencil bernama Kota Setia di sepanjang Sungai Perak. Polis sedang memburu seorang lelaki Jawa yang ketika laporan dibuat, masih bebas dan belum ditangkap.

• Laporan dari Pinang Gazette bertarikh 25 Jun 1940 melaporkan satu peristiwa tragis yang berlaku di Teluk Anson (sekarang Teluk Intan), Perak, yang melibatkan pembunuhan seorang wanita Melayu dan dua orang anaknya. Kejadian ini berlaku lebih dari setahun yang lalu dan disebut semula di Mahkamah Tinggi Perak dalam satu perbicaraan terhadap seorang lelaki bernama Malik bin Haji Kary.

Menurut laporan, kejadian tersebut berpunca daripada hubungan rapat yang didakwa berlaku antara wanita mangsa dan tertuduh. Ia dikatakan bermula apabila wanita tersebut mencederakan tertuduh dengan menggunakan sejenis alat yang dipanggil 'razo' di bahagian tertentu tubuh lelaki itu. Sebagai tindak balas, tertuduh dikatakan mengambil parang dari dalam rumah dan bertindak menyerang wanita serta kedua-dua anaknya, yang berumur lima tahun dan satu setengah tahun, hingga mati.
Pada awal perbicaraan, Hakim (yang disebut sebagai Lordship, iaitu Hon. Mr. Justice Horne) membantah supaya ketiga-tiga pertuduhan membunuh terhadap tertuduh tidak didengar serentak. Bagaimanapun, pihak pendakwa, melalui Peguam Bantuan, T. V. A. Brodie, memutuskan untuk meneruskan pendengaran berkaitan pertuduhan kedua, iaitu terhadap tertuduh atas tuduhan menyebabkan kematian seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berumur lima tahun, Wan Haji bin Yamar, pada 6 Jun 1939 di Kota Setia, Teluk Anson.
Laporan menyebut bahawa terdapat dua orang penilai (assessors) yang hadir, iaitu Datoh Muda Panglima Kinta dan Inche Wahi. Peguam Chabra dilantik untuk mewakili pihak pendakwaan. Perbicaraan ini menyoroti tragedi yang menyayat hati, serta menunjukkan kekerasan yang berlaku dalam insiden tersebut. Kes ini menjadi perhatian umum kerana melibatkan jenayah pembunuhan yang kejam dan berkaitan dengan isu hubungan peribadi yang rumit. 

• Pada 23 Jun 1947, dua kumpulan penjenayah yang terdiri daripada anggota Banjar dan Melayu telah ditangkap selepas operasi polis yang giat dijalankan di kawasan Bagan Datoh. Kumpulan tersebut telah menakut-nakutkan penduduk selama beberapa bulan dan bertanggungjawab ke atas sekurang-kurangnya 11 kes rompakan bersenjata. Hasil daripada usaha pihak berkuasa, enam anggota kumpulan tersebut, termasuk ketua mereka, telah ditangkap dan kesemua mereka telah dikenal pasti. Lebih menarik lagi, dua daripada suspek tersebut adalah anak lelaki kepada salah seorang ketua kumpulan. Polis turut menyedari kemungkinan adanya satu lagi kumpulan penjenayah di kawasan tersebut, tetapi setakat ini, tiada bukti kukuh yang dapat mengesahkan kewujudannya. Dengan penangkapan ini, kawasan tersebut kini aman dan tiada kejadian jenayah berlaku baru-baru ini.

Kes rompakan yang berlaku pada akhir April dan Mei melibatkan mangsa kebanyakannya adalah orang Cina, terutamanya penjual kopra. Selain itu, dua lagi mangsa termasuk seorang penjual ayam dan seorang petani sayur-sayuran. Semasa kejadian, penjenayah menggunakan senjata api dan dalam satu insiden, mangsa telah ditembak tetapi tidak parah. Kejadian-kejadian ini menyebabkan ketakutan di kalangan penduduk, namun dengan penangkapan penjenayah, keadaan di kawasan itu kini kembali tenteram.

• Laporan dari Straits Budget bertarikh 23 Disember 1954 melaporkan peristiwa yang berlaku di Ipoh berkaitan seorang lelaki bernama David Anthony McLeod. Dia adalah pengurus sementara yang didakwa kerana menembak seorang lelaki Melayu yang didakwa mencuri kelapa. Menurut laporan, McLeod didakwa pada 17 September di tahun tersebut, selepas dia meminjam sebuah shotgun dari pengawal ladang dan melakukan rondaan di sempadan ladang. Semasa rondaan, dia melihat seorang lelaki Melayu bernama Kamaruddin memegang beberapa biji kelapa dan mengarahkan lelaki itu berhenti. Tetapi lelaki tersebut berlari ke arah kampung bersebelahan.

McLeod mengaku bahawa dia menembak ke tanah untuk menakut-nakuti lelaki itu dan tidak berniat membunuh. Bagaimanapun, peluru secara tidak sengaja mengenai Kamaruddin, yang kemudian meninggal dunia akibat luka tembak tersebut. McLeod kemudian memberitahu Supiah, ketua pejabat ladang, bahawa dia telah menembak seorang Melayu kerana mencuri kelapa dan meminta dia memberitahu polis serta mendapatkan bantuan perubatan.
Hakim, Mr. Justice Thomson, selepas mendengar bukti di Mahkamah Tinggi, memutuskan bahawa McLeod bersalah atas pertuduhan menyebabkan kematian secara tergesa-gesa dan menjatuhkan hukuman penjara selama enam bulan. Hakim memberi amaran bahawa tindakan tergesa-gesa dan cuai dalam menggunakan senjata api adalah sangat serius kerana ia boleh membawa kepada kematian tanpa sengaja, dan menyatakan bahawa perbuatan McLeod adalah satu "perbuatan terburu-buru yang jahat".
Dalam pembelaan, McLeod menyatakan bahawa dia menjalani latihan senjata api di tentera dan menganggap senjata tersebut tidak berbahaya, tidak menyedari bahawa ia boleh membunuh. Dia juga menyatakan bahawa dia meminjam shotgun itu untuk perlindungan dan menganggapnya sebagai senjata sukan yang digunakan oleh petani untuk membunuh binatang perosak. Peguam bela, K. MarDef, memohon supaya diberikan belas kasihan memandangkan usia muda McLeod.

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Operasi memburu selama tiga hari berakhir dengan penangkapan empat lelaki bersenjata, salah seorang daripada mereka ditemui membawa jampi—sebungkus kertas yang mengandungi sepotong tempurung kelapa, sepotong rotan, dan beberapa helai serat putih. Orang Melayu percaya jampi ini membuat pemakai kebal peluru dan tidak boleh ditangkap.
Di Teluk Anson, 2 Mac. Selama tiga hari dan malam, penduduk kampung dari Selekoh, Rungkup, Simpang Tiga, dan Berempang Panjang di kawasan Perak Hilir berkumpul secara besar-besaran membantu pihak polis menahan empat lelaki dikehendaki yang disyaki melakukan rompakan cubaan. Polis gagal menghentikan mereka ketika cubaan pertama dibuat. Operasi memburu besar ini bermula pada 26 Februari dan berakhir semalam petang dengan penangkapan suspek terakhir. Penduduk kampung yang bersenjata kayu menyisir jalan raya dan jalan kampung, dan maklumat daripada mereka membantu polis menangkap tiga daripada suspek.
Ketua Polis Daerah Teluk Anson, Encik D. W. Beeden, memberitahu The Straits Times hari ini bahawa berdasarkan maklumat yang diterima, polis menyusun satu serangan sembunyi berhampiran rumah seorang peniaga kopra Cina di Sungai Nipah, kira-kira 29 batu dari Teluk Anson, pada malam 26 Februari. Menurut beliau, empat lelaki berbaju hitam, bersenjata revolver dan shotgun potong, mendekati rumah dan menampar pintu, memanggil pemilik kedai. Salah seorang daripada mereka mengayunkan lampu suluh, dan cahaya lampu itu menyinari beberapa anggota polis di sekeliling rumah menyebabkan mereka melarikan diri, melepaskan satu das tembakan sebelum melarikan diri. Pencarian 24 jam segera diatur. Sekatan jalan raya dibuat, dan maklumat disebarkan kepada kampung-kampung berhampiran agar berjaga-jaga terhadap lelaki yang dikehendaki. 
Suspek pertama ditangkap pada pagi 27 Februari di Selekoh, dua batu dari tempat cubaan rompakan.  Suspek kedua ditangkap pada petang hari yang sama di Simpang Tiga, selepas penduduk kampung melihatnya menaiki bas sekolah dalam usaha melarikan diri.  Suspek ketiga ditahan di jalan utama Teluk Anson-Bagan Datoh, juga berdasarkan maklumat dari penduduk kampung.  Suspek terakhir, digambarkan sebagai individu yang sukar ditangkap dan telah melarikan diri sejak 1953, juga ditemui dan ditangkap petang semalam. Encik Beeden menyatakan bahawa lelaki ini dikehendaki kerana membunuh dan melakukan rompakan bersenjata di Sungai Suli.
Semua suspek tidak bertutup kaki ketika ditangkap. Tiga daripada mereka berasal dari Sungel Manik dan seorang dari Sabak Bernam di Selangor. Polis percaya mereka adalah ahli geng yang bertanggungjawab terhadap siri rompakan di kawasan Rungkup dan Sabak Bernam tahun lalu.

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Tembakan Dalam Semasa Samun di Mahkamah
Pada satu malam, sekumpulan penyamun telah melepaskan satu tembakan di luar sebuah kedai di sebuah kampung yang sunyi. Ketika itu, tuan kedai dan anaknya telah menghambat pintu untuk menahan mereka daripada dibuka orang. Demikianlah dinyatakan di Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini.
Akhirnya, penyamun-penyamun tersebut berjaya memecahkan satu pintu, dan ketika orang penyamun yang bersenjata pistol itu menekan dan mengancam tuan kedai serta keluarganya yang duduk diam di tengah rumah, penyamun-penyamun yang lain pula menggeledah kedai tersebut.
Seorang saksi, Kee Yong Nam, berumur 20 tahun, anak tuan kedai, menyatakan bahawa kejadian itu berlaku di sebuah kampung dekat Rungkup, dalam kawasan Telok Anson, pada tengah malam 23 Oktober yang lalu. Dalam keterangannya, dia berkata bahawa dia nampak seorang dari penyamun itu ketika menyuluh dengan lampu suluh merah di belakang peti radio yang memakan bateri. Dia mengenali seorang daripada penyamun tersebut sebagai Idris bin Haji Sabul Husein, berumur 40 tahun, yang sedang dibicarakan. Dia turut mengenali Awang bin Rejab, berumur 45 tahun, kerana turut melakukan samun beramai-ramai. Perbicaraan berterusan.

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Pekebun kecil dibunuh
TELUK ANSON, Jumaat. Tho Sum Bee, 45, seorang pekebun kecil kelapa, telah ditemui dibunuh di Simpang Tiga di kawasan Rungkup, Hilir Perak, kira-kira 25 batu dari sini, awal semalam. Dia tinggal bersendirian. Wang tunai kira-kira $90 dan kad pengenalannya hilang.

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Seramai 11 orang guru, terutamanya yang tinggal di kawasan sekolah, di Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit 7, Sungai Sumun, Hutan Melintang, merasa gelisah akibat gangguan yang dilakukan oleh orang tidak dikenali pada waktu malam sejak tahun 1960. Menurut Guru Besar, Chegu Muhammad bin Mohd. Amin, gangguan tersebut termasuk merosakkan basikal guru, mencampakkannya ke dalam parit besar D.I.D., dan membuat bising pada waktu tengah malam. Beliau menceritakan insiden basikal Chegu Idris bin Hj. Othman yang dicampakkan ke dalam parit pada malam Isnin lalu, serta kejadian seorang lelaki tidak dikenali yang cuba melarikan diri apabila disuluh berhampiran rumah beliau pada kira-kira jam 3:30 pagi lima hari sebelum itu. 
Laporan mengenai peristiwa-peristiwa ini telah dihantar kepada pelbagai pihak berkuasa termasuk Pejabat Pelajaran Negeri Perak, ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, Guru Pelawat, OCS Balai Polis Rungkup, dan Ketua Kampung. Chegu Muhammad menyeru kerjasama penduduk berdekatan untuk menjaga harta benda sekolah dan berharap pihak berkuasa mengambil tindakan segera terhadap pelaku gangguan bagi mengelakkan kejadian berulang.

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TELUK ANSON Sabtu.- Polis telah menjumpai mayat Abdullah bin Osman, 25 tahun, seorang pekerja kampung di Tebuk Imam, Rungkup, dari sebatang anak sungai kira-kira 25 batu dari sini semalam. Ia telah keluar seorang diri petang sebelum itu kerana mencari sampannya yang hilang.

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12 Oktober 1970 - TELUK ANSON, Ahad. Polis telah menjumpai mayat Bakri bin Haji Tahir, 87 tahun, di tepi sungai dekat Bagan Datuk dekat sini semalam. Dia diberitakan hilang dari rumahnya di Kampung Sungai Cha Manjah Rungkup, empat batu dari Bagan Datuk, pada 29 September.

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TELUK ANSON, Selasa.
Majistret, Encik Noor Hamid bin Mohamed Noor, semalam memerintahkan supaya Abdullah bin Abdul Malik, 19 tahun, pekerja kampung dihantar ke hospital otak Tanjung Rambutan untuk diperiksa selama sebulan. Abdullah dituduh kerana mencederakan dengan parah Ku Kou Bow, 57 tahun, seorang pekedai runcit dan isterinya, Ong Ah Hwa, 47 tahun dengan parang di Kampung Rungkup, Bagan Datuk, daerah Hilir Perak pada 25 Disember. Perkaranya ditunda hingga 29 Januari depan.

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TELUK ANSON, Rabu.Abdullah bin Haji Said, 47, seorang bomoh, telah dituduh secara sementara di Mahkamah Majistret di sini semalam dengan pembunuhan pekerja kampung, Dahaman bin Haji Wahab, 52. Dia didakwa telah melakukan kesalahan tersebut di Kampung Rungkup Kecil di kawasan Bagan Datuk, 36 batu dari sini, Isnin lalu. Tiada pengakuan direkodkan dan Abdullah telah ditahan reman.

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TELUK ANSON, Sabtu.S. Muthuvelu, 27, seorang penganggur, ditemui tergantung pada pokok kelapa di Rungkup, berhampiran sini, semalam. Sebuah kad pengenalan dan $4 ditemui di dalam poket bajunya.

• Wanita hamil lima bulan mati ditembak

12 June 2002 - TELUK INTAN Seorang wanita mengandung lima bulan mati ditembak oleh seorang lelaki yang bergaduh dengan bapa mentuanya di rumah mereka di Bagan Pasir Laut, Rungkup dekat sini malam kemarin. Qk Fong Saw Kheng, 28 tahun, yang terkena tembakan di perut, mati di Hospital Teluk Intan.

• Pengetua sekolah rotan guru

5 May 2004 - BHM, Bernama TELUKINTAN (Perak) Seorang guru lelaki di sebuah sekolah kebangsaan Tamil di Rungkup mengalami lebam setelah dirotan guru besar sekolahnya Jumaat lalu. Insiden itu dipercayai berlaku setelah guru itu dikatakan menolak cadangan ketuanya berhubung cara menangani masalah disiplin pelajar sekolah tersebut.

Penutup

Keseluruhan peristiwa hitam yang melanda Bagan Datuk suatu masa dahulu – dari kegiatan kongsi gelap yang bermaharajalela, kekejaman Bintang Tiga yang menindas rakyat, kelemahan dan ketidakefisienan penghulu dalam melindungi penduduk, sehinggalah kepada pembunuhan yang berlaku tanpa pembelaan – menggambarkan satu era penuh kekacauan dan ketidakstabilan. Ketiadaan pentadbiran yang tegas serta campur tangan unsur luar seperti gerakan radikal dan kumpulan subversif telah menjadikan kawasan ini medan penderitaan bagi penduduk yang tidak bersalah. Namun begitu, sejarah kelam ini turut menjadi iktibar penting tentang perlunya kepimpinan yang amanah, undang-undang yang berkesan, serta perpaduan masyarakat demi menjamin keselamatan dan kesejahteraan sebuah kawasan. Bagan Datuk akhirnya bangkit daripada kegelapan tersebut, tetapi ingatan terhadap masa silamnya kekal sebagai peringatan agar sejarah tidak berulang. Wallahualam.

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• CHINAMAN’S ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

• 17 August 1916 - SIKH CONSTABLE’S RASH DEED. An instance of Police misconduct was r brought to light on Tuesday in the Ipoh j Supreme Court when a Sikh named Guffar Singh, till recently a police constable, was charged with having attempted to murder j Chang Ah Kye at tbe

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• The Straits Times / Article

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• 15 February 1918 - Some mystery is attached to a murder which occurred recently on Arcadia Estate, Bagan Datoh, tbe victim being a Tamil coolie, who was found dead on tbe estate, says tbe Times of Malaya. Hfs left ear was missing and there were other marks of violence There was no sign of

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• MALARIAL INSANITY.

• 10 September 1925 - TAKES HOMICIDAL FORM. In the Perak Criminal Assize Court. Ipoh, before the Hon Mr. Justice Watson, and assessors, Ngah bin Haji Idris, of Su.ngei Balai, Bagan Datoh, was charged with murdering his wife Fatimah and his daughter Maimoonah binti Ngah, on May 23. The story told by the

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• PRE-NUPTIAL TRAGEDY

• 13 September 1932 - Sequel to Disagreement Between Young Man and Fiancee’s People (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Lim Eng Siew was charged at the Assizes to-day with the murder of Lim Yee. He was betrothed a few days before the tragedy and a quarrel occurred between the accused and the

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• HACKED TO DEATH

• 7 November 1932 - Reuter. Tamil On Trial For Murder At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. At the Assizes, Vellasamy was brought up for trial on a charge of murdering his wife at the 17th mile Bagan Datoh Road, Lower Perak, in the early hours of August 1 The

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• The Straits Times / Article

• TALES OF THE PERAK ARMED POLICE.

• 1 January 1933 - A Review Of Pioneer Officers. An article on early days in Perak recently contributed to the Sunday Times by an old F.M.S. resident has inspired another article in which some of the early events and personalities of police history in Perak are recalled. The

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• "WOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR $1,000"

• 4 September 1935 - ALLEGED CONFESSION CF YOUNG 3ANJARESE PERAK ASSIZES MURDER CASE ACCUSED WHO ASKED FOR PARDON FROM DISTRICT OFFICER (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, September 4. hen 1 did this deed I was immature. Now if I were given $l,OOO to do it I would

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• TRIFLE MURDER AT BAGAN DATOH

• 22 July 1936 - Robbery Believed To Be The Motive A triple murder was committed last weekend in a lonely hut on a coconut plan- 1 tation about ten miles from Bagan Datoh, when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband of the deceased woman

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• TRIPLE MURDER AT BAGAN DATOH

• 23 July 1936 - MAX'S (.Rl/KSOME DISCOVERY Finds Wife And Children Horribly Mutilated Ipoh. A TRIPLE murder was committed on Sunday afternoon in a lonely hut on a coconut plantation about ten miles from Bagan Datoh. when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated The husband o!

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• The Straits Times / Article

• TRIPLE MURDER IN PERAK.

• 24 July 1936 - MOTHER CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH. (From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh. July 22. A triple murder was committed on Sunday afternoon in a lonely hut on a coconut plantation about :en miles from Bagan Datoh. when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband

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• The Straits Budget / Article

• TRIPLE MURDER IN PERAK.

• 30 July 1936 - MOTHER CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH. From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 22. triple murder was committed on Sunday afternoon In a lonely hut on coconut plantation about ten miles irom Bagan Datoh, when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband of the

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• THREE CHARGES AGAINST TWO MALAYS

• 1 October 1936 - Triple Tragedy At Parit Tengah Recalled (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 30. I The second case taken up for hearing at the Perak Assizes, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitken, this afternoon, was one in which two Malays, Abas bin Haji Hassan and Mat

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• ACCUSED DISREGARDS COUNSEL'S ADVICE

• 3 October 1936 - > ADMITS TRIPLE MURDER CHARGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, October 2. Quietly but emphatically disregarding the advice of his counsel Abas bin Haji Hassan, one of the two Banjarese, who stand charged at the Perak Assizes with the murder of a Chinese woman and her

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• The Straits Times / Article

• HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT.

• 5 October 1936 - HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT. Murder "Most Repulsive" WOMAN AND CHILDREN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. ABAS bin Haji Hassan and Mat Napiah bin Lah, two Banjerese who were charged at the Perak Assizes before Mr. Justice Ait ken with triple murder were both found guilty on all three

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• “REPULSIVE MURDERS’

• 5 October 1936 - BANJARESE TO HANG (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 3. Abas bin Haji Hassan and Mat Xapiah bin Lah, two Banjerese who stood charged at the Perak Assizes before i Mr. Justice Aitken with triple murder, were found guilty on all three charges; and sentenced to death this

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• Morning Tribune / Article

• Husband's Tears In Witness Box

• 6 October 1936 - RIPLE MURDER E! RIAL Malays Dramatic Story Ipoh, Saturday. •CHE abused me and her two children J also abused me. I was then excited .in(i the laces and the bodies of the three Smeared to meas those of animals. I lost n fsenses and I

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• MYTHICAL MURDER IN TELUK ANSON

• 30 January 1937 - Monkey Hero And 7wo Villains Teluk Anson. Jan. 29. The story of a mystery murder, the detalTs of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the “Arabian Nights” or Baron Munchausen’s tales, has been responsible for the biggest hoax in the history of

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• MONKEY TRICKS AT TELOK ANSON

• 2 February 1937 - Whole Town Hoaxed By Mythical Murder (From Our Own Correspondent) Telok Anson, Jan. 2tt. THE story of a mystery murder, the details of #hich are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the "Arabian Nights" or Baron Munchausen's tales, has been responsible for the biggest

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• The Straits Times / Article

• PERAK TOWN HOAXED BY STORY OF MYSTERY MURDER.

• 2 February 1937 - Indian Fakir And Three Juggling Monkeys. CROWD PACKS COURT FOR < ISON-EXISTENT CASE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Telok Anson, Jan. 29. THE story of a mystery murder, the details of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the Arabian Nights

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• Tamils Pack Court To Hear Mythical Case

• 15 February 1937 - TELUK ANSON MURDER HOAX (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 15. yiiE mythical murder hoax which created so much excitement in Teluk Anson on Jan. 29 transferred its scene to the Ipoh Supreme court last Saturday when a crowd of nearly 100 Tamils

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• MALAY SENTENCED TO DEATH AT PERAK ASSIZES

• 9 September 1937 - DEFENCE OF ALIBI NOT ACCEPTED (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 9. After a protracted hearing lasting six days at the Perak Assize b e^ore the Hon. Mr. Justice Pedlow, the trial of Awang bin Sidik, on a charge of murdering Mat Esa

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MURDERER

• 11 September 1937 - Alibi Defence Rejected HEARING LASTS SIX DAY3 AT FERAK ASSIZES (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 9. FTER a protracted hearing lasting six days at the Perak Assize Court, before the Hbn. Mr. Justice Pedlow, the trial of Awang bin Sidik. on a chart,' of

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• MALAY SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS

• 17 November 1937 - Death Sentence Reduced (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. THAT the trial judge had been misled by an extract m a reference law book dealing with the right of "private defence" and had consequently not directed the Assessor correctly, was the observation made

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• MALAY ESCAPES THE GALLOWS

• 17 November 1937 - DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED Rights Of “Private Defence” “TRIAL JUDGE MISLED” (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. That the trial judge had been misled by an extract tn a reference law book dealing with the right of “private defence” and had consequently not directed the

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• Alleged Temple Murder Described

• 9 September 1938 - Alleged Temple Murder Described Ipoh, Sept. 8. THE hearing was continued at the Perak Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford and M. V. Nathan, of the trial in which Nagiah, a South Indian of the labourer class, stands charged with

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• Malaya Tribune / Article

• §TOP PRESS

• 31 May 1939 - DOUBLE MURDER [From Our Own Reporter 1 Ipoh, Wednesday. A shocking double murder and robbery in Lower Perak. in which a Chinese towkay, engaging in the fishing business, and an employee weic waylaid, killed and robbed of cash totalling Sl5O, has been reported to the pLiice. The men

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• Morning Tribune / Article

• TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING

• 7 June 1939 - TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING WOMAN CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. RAGAN DATOH district, where a double murder was committed aboui a fortnight ago, was the scene of a triple murder to-day, m which al Javanese woman and her two children were discovered hacked to death

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• Anger And Jealousy The Chief Causes Of Murder

• 24 May 1940 - REVIEW OF CRIME BY THE I.G.P. Importance Of Scientific Aid In Investigation THE principal immediate causes of murder were the primitive passions of anger and jealousy,” declares the In-spector-General of Police, F.M .S. in his report on the state of crime in

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• WOMAN AND CHILDREN DONE TO DEATH

• 25 June 1940 - Teluk Anson Triple Tragedy Recalled MALAY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Ipoh. T'HE triple tragedy which occurred in Teluk Anson a little more than a year ago when a Malay woman and her two children—a five-year-old son and a child aged l*/z years—were stated to

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MALAY

• 26 June 1940 - Hacked Woman and Children To Death TWO OTHER CHARGES WITHDRAWN Ipoh. A UNANIMOUS verdict of guilty being returned by the Assessors, Mr. Justice Horne in the Perak Supreme Court yesterday passed sentence of death on a Malay, Malik bin Haji Kary, who had stood trial

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• MALAY CHARGED WITH MURDER OF WIDOW

• 29 August 1941 - I o Stand I rial Al Assizes Telok Anson. The preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder preferred against a Malay named Abdullah bin Bilal who is alleged to have caused the death of a young Malay widow named Rapeysh binti, Yusoff, at Pasir

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• The Straits Times / Article

• 'I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL'

• 10 October 1954 - 'I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL' TELUK ANSON, Sat. KILT- CLAD Anthony David McLeod. 22, assistant on Melintang Estate, Bagan Datoh was refused bail when he came up in court here today on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He is accused of causing the death of Kamaruddin

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• The Straits Times / Article

• 'Wickedly rash' planter

• 17 December 1954 - MAN IN KILTS SAYS: I DIDN'T KNOW GUN COULD KILL HE SHOT ALLEGED COCONUT THIEF— SENT TO PRISON FOR SIX MONTHS IPOH. Thursday. £)AVID Anthony McLeod, assistant manager of Melintan? Estate, Bagan Datoh, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment here today for shooting an alleged coconut thief.

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• The Straits Budget / Article

• Gaol for planter who shot man

• 23 December 1954 - IPOH, Dec, 16, T)AVID Anthony McLeod, assistant manager of Melintang Estate, Bagan Datoh, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment here today for shooting an alleged coconut thief. Kilt-clad McLeod 23, was originally charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He shot Kamaruddin bin

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• Singapore Standard / Article

• S.A.S. MEN END CAREER OF 'TERROR OF TELOK ANSON'

• 17 August 1957 - S.A.S. MEN END CAREER OF 'TERROR OF TELOK ANSON' The life and crimes of Ng Pak Kong\ TELOK ANSON, Fri. The SURRENDER of one top-ranking terrorist, the KILLING of a second and the SUICIDE of a third h<js almost crippled the Malayan Communist Party organization operating m the vast Hutan

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• The Straits Times / Article

• Five men accused of murder of family

• 12 July 1969 - Five men accused of murder of family TELL" K A NS( N Friday. CTKICT security precautions wire taken wh< n five men were charged in the magistrates court here today with the murder of six people. Th > five w<-re Kamaroi Ariffln bin Abdul MuUUb, 30; Mohamed Lot b:n Sl.--tam,

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• The Straits Times / Article

• Murder trial put off in 'national interest'

• 9 September 1969 - Murder trial put off in 'national interest' COURT IS TOLD: PUBLIC FEELING STILL HIGH IPOH. Monday THE High Court hearing of the case against five men on charges of murder, attempted murder and arson has been postponed in the national interest and for reasons of public security." Mr. Justice Pawan

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• The Straits Times / Article

• Bomoh charged with kampong murder

• 8 April 1971 - Bomoh charged with kampong murder TELUK ANSON, Wed. Abdullah bin Haji Said, 47, a bomoh, was tentatively charged in the magistrate's court here yesterday with the murder of kampong worker. Daham bin Haji Wahab. 52. He was alleged to have committed the offence at Kampong Rungkup Kechll In the Bagan

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• SON'S TEARS FOR FATHER

• 15 March 1934 - Lower Perak Murder CHINESE SHOPKEEPER SENTENCED TO DEATH J I Lim Hooi Hong, the Sungei Tiang sundry goods shopkeeper, who was tried at the Perak Assize Court on a charge of commit- ting the murder of his wife Cheong Chang was found guilty of the offence

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• Morning Tribune / Article

• Husband's Tears In Witness Box

• 6 October 1936 - RIPLE MURDER E! RIAL Malays Dramatic Story Ipoh, Saturday. •CHE abused me and her two children J also abused me. I was then excited .in(i the laces and the bodies of the three Smeared to meas those of animals. I lost n fsenses and I

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• Temple Murder Alleged

• 8 September 1938 - A LLEGED to have caused the death of a compatriot at the Hindu temple at Rungkup Estate, Teluk Anson, a Tamil named Nagiah, of the labourer class, was charged at the Perak Assizes before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• Alleged Temple Murder Described

• 9 September 1938 - Alleged Temple Murder Described Ipoh, Sept. 8. THE hearing was continued at the Perak Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford and M. V. Nathan, of the trial in which Nagiah, a South Indian of the labourer class, stands charged with

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• Malaya Tribune / Article

• COURT STORY OF MARAUDING GANG

• 12 September 1938 - JHE tale of a marauding gang that plied its m furious trade of petty thieving from town to town and village to village, was revealed in the Perak Assize Court, before the hotL Mr. Justice Raja Musa, when a middle-aged Indian Blade his defence to

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• Morning Tribune / Article

• MURDER CHAR FAILS

• 12 September 1938 - MURDER CHAR FAILS COURT STORY OF MARAUDING GAt THE tale of a marauding gang that plied its nefarious trade petty thieving from town to town and ullage to village, wi revealed in the Perak Assize Court, before the hon. Mr. Justi Raja Musa, when a middle-aged Indian made his defence

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• The Straits Times / Article

• Three-day manhunt ends with the capture of 'charmed' fugitive

• 3 March 1955 - Three -day manhunt ends with the capture of 'charmed' fugitive VILLAGERS TURN OUT IN HUNDREDS TO HOUND FOUR MEN K ANSON. Wed. ayi and ■ny villagers kampongs of Rungkup. rig. and Panjaxm in rea turnrd lr hundreds bring to book m< n wanted i attemafter the railed to stop an

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• The Straits Budget / Article

• Three-day manhunt ends with the capture of ‘charmed’ fugitive

• 10 March 1955 - VILLAGERS TURN OUT IN HUNDREDS TO HOUND FOUR MEN TELUK ANSON, Mar. 2. pOR three days and r nights, the villagers of the kampongs of Selekeh, R u n g k u p, S i m p a n g Tiga

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• Singapore Standard / Article

• Father To Hang For Murder Of His Son

• 10 October 1957 - JUDGE DISAGREES WITH VERDICT OF ASSESSORS IPOH, Wed.— Disagreeing with the opinion of the two assessors on the question of the sanity of the accused, Mr. Justice Shepherd m the Perak High Court today sentenced Bakar bin Ahmad, 49. a Malay labourer,

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• The Straits Times / Article

• Bomoh charged with kampong murder

• 8 April 1971 - Bomoh charged with kampong murder TELUK ANSON, Wed. Abdullah bin Haji Said, 47, a bomoh, was tentatively charged in the magistrate's court here yesterday with the murder of kampong worker. Daham bin Haji Wahab. 52. He was alleged to have committed the offence at Kampong Rungkup Kechll In the Bagan

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• The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle / Article

• THE RECENT “AMOK” CASE.

• 18 March 1891 - The following are the particulars of the recent amok” case at Pulau Tiga, Lower Perak, as reported by Air. J. W. Brewster, the Assistant Superintendent of the District:— j Qm Thursday, the 12th Feb., I reeeived a letter from the Peughulu of Pulau Tiga stating that

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• THE CASE OF “AMOK” IN LOWER PERAK.

• 19 March 1891 - The following is the Official Report on the terrible case of “Amok” at Pasir Garam, Pulau Tiga, Lower Perak, which occurred on the 11th ultimo, as previously reported, and which was at once investigated by Mr. Brewster, the Assistant Superintendent:— On Thursday, the

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• PERAK NEWS.

• 20 February 1892 - A murder with robbery and a mining riot. We have this morning received news of a dastardly murder at S tiawan, Lower Perak, and of a mining riot at Gopeng, Kinta. The victim in the former case was the Malav servant of Mr. Rathborne, whom that gentleman had

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• The Straits Budget / Article

• PERAK.

• 27 July 1897 - AND MURDER. A case and murder is reported fro% Lower Perak. It appears that a tdhgkang with two Chinese fishermen on Bbard was waylaid by some persons, mtalays it is suspected, who muraVred one Chinaman and severely woiinded the other, and then carried off money to the extent of

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• Straits Echo / Article

• Was He "Latah"?

• 18 July 1907 - 'J’hr following is from the Perak Resident’s last Annual Report. It would be interesting to kuow if the poor fellow wai Latah” —"There were 21 murder cases and 15 discoveries one remarkable case is thus reported by the Deputy Commissioner. Two brothers iti Lower Perak (Malays) went

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly) / Article

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• 25 July 1907 - There were *Jl murder cases iu«i discoveries m Perik during led *88\ One remarkable case is thus rep'it^d t the Deputy Commissioner Two m Lower* Perak (Malays) went cut the leaves of the nipah paim three hundred yards from then h On their way back one of them cut v-

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• CRIME IN LOWER PERAK.

• 6 November 1909 - GANG ROBBERY AND MURDER [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 6th Nov. A daring gang robbery has occurred at Chikus, near Teluk Anson. A gang of thirty Chinese attacked the house of a Kling railway tindal, whom they murdered. The robbers decamped after stealing a large quantity

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• Malaya Tribune / Article

• Lower Perak News.

• 22 April 1914 - (From Our Correspondent.) Teluk Anson, April 17. On Thursday last, the !Hh instant, Anson Road, Teluk Anson, was the scene of a terrible fracas among some Tamils, which resulted in one man being stabbed to death, and another severely wounded. The ghastly affair took place! opposite the

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• 2 May 1925 - On information of an alleged murder having been committed at Kota Stia, Bapan Datoh, Lower Perak, at midnight >n April 21, Mr. C. R. Morrish, 0.C.P.D., proceeded to the spot and, after invssti<ating, took into custody Abdullah, a Banjarese, who was produced before the Magistrate, Teluk Anson, and remand -'I.

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• IPOH ASSIZES.

• 23 August 1927 - TAMIL MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH. (From Our Own C irrespondent). Ipoh, August 23, The criminal Assizes began yesterday before Mr. Justice Thorne. The first case was that of a Tamil labourer of Bagan Pasir estate, Lower Perak, who was found guilty of the murder of his wife. The

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• IPOH CRIMINAL ASSIZES.

• 25 August 1927 - INDIAN LABOURER SENTENCED TO DEATH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, August 25. At the Criminal Assiz a s. another Indian labourer, Baganpasir, of an estate in Lower Perak was indicted with the murder of a coolie. The prosecution alleged that the deceased quarrelled with the accused, who

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• DEATH SENTENCE.

• 29 February 1932 - Man Who Murdered His Wife^ With Penknife. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 2R. Maaikam, a labourer on Flemington Estate, Lower P<rak, was sentenced to day for the murder of his wife, death at the Perak Assizes here yester- In his evidenco Manikam said he remonstrated with hs

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• HACKED TO DEATH

• 7 November 1932 - Reuter. Tamil On Trial For Murder At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. At the Assizes, Vellasamy was brought up for trial on a charge of murdering his wife at the 17th mile Bagan Datoh Road, Lower Perak, in the early hours of August 1 The

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• BRUTAL PERAK CRIME

• 7 December 1932 - Husband and Wife Stabbed to Death (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Yesterday. An elderly Javanese named Wong So was charged at the Assizes with double murder having caused the death of a Chinese man and woman, shopkeepers of Teluk Bahru, Lower Perak. According to the prosecution the

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• PERAK ASSIZE COURT

• 13 March 1934 - CHINESE ON MURDER CHARGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Monday. A session of the Perak Assize Court began this morning before Mr. Justice Howce when Lim Hooi Hong was arraigned on a charge of murder. In outlining the case for the prosecution the D.P.P. stated that on

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• SON'S TEARS FOR FATHER

• 15 March 1934 - Lower Perak Murder CHINESE SHOPKEEPER SENTENCED TO DEATH J I Lim Hooi Hong, the Sungei Tiang sundry goods shopkeeper, who was tried at the Perak Assize Court on a charge of commit- ting the murder of his wife Cheong Chang was found guilty of the offence

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• Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article

• K.L. COURT OF APPEAL

• 15 May 1934 - Unsuccessful Plea Of Insanity (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. The appeal of a Chinese, Lim Hooi Hong, who was sentenced to death at the Perak Assizes for the murder of his wife on March 13 last at Sungei Tiang, Lower Perak, was ulsmissed

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• Malaya Tribune / Article

• NOT CONSIDERED INSANE.

• 16 May 1934 - Appeal Against Sentence Of Death. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. rpHE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of Lim Hooi Hong, who was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Howes at the Perak Assizes on Mar. 13 for the murder of his wife

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• The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942) / Article

• Temple Murder Alleged

• 8 September 1938 - A LLEGED to have caused the death of a compatriot at the Hindu temple at Rungkup Estate, Teluk Anson, a Tamil named Nagiah, of the labourer class, was charged at the Perak Assizes before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford

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• Malaya Tribune / Article

• §TOP PRESS

• 31 May 1939 - DOUBLE MURDER [From Our Own Reporter 1 Ipoh, Wednesday. A shocking double murder and robbery in Lower Perak. in which a Chinese towkay, engaging in the fishing business, and an employee weic waylaid, killed and robbed of cash totalling Sl5O, has been reported to the pLiice. The men

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• Morning Tribune / Article

• TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING

• 7 June 1939 - TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING WOMAN CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. RAGAN DATOH district, where a double murder was committed aboui a fortnight ago, was the scene of a triple murder to-day, m which al Javanese woman and her two children were discovered hacked to death

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• Girl looks on as Reds kill father

• 28 February 1957 - Girl looks on as Reds kill father TELUK ANSON, Wednesday. BEFORE the eyes of his daughter, a Tamil mandore, M. Kanniappan, 33, was shot dead by four terrorists on Alpha Bernam Estate this morning. Kanniappan was helping his daughter, Letchumani, 16, to tap rubber when the bandits appeared. Minutes after

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• The Straits Budget / Article

• Girl looks on as Reds kill father

• 7 March 1957 - TELUK ANSON, Feb. 27 JJEIORE tlie eyes of his daughter, a Tamil raandorc, M. Kanniappan, 33, was shot dead bv four terrorists on Alpha Bernam Estate this morning. Kanniappan was helping his daughter, Letehumani, Iti. to tap rubber when the bandits appeared. Minutes

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• Sunday Standard / Article

• Father On Murder Count

• 5 May 1957 - TELOK ANSON. Sat. Baker bin Ahmad. 48. was yesterday charged wi*h the murder of his 18-year-old son Shahalan bin Baker. Baker was alleged to have caused the death of his son m his home at Kampong Tebok Mokmin, Runggkup. Lower Perak. on April 29.' The case

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• Rogol pelajar berusia 14 tahun di Bagan Datuk, 6 remaja ...
• Gara-gara 'awek', remaja 17 tahun bunuh rakan, campak ...
• Lelaki maut selepas bergaduh kerana baja di Bagan TiangSamun bersenjata: Dua beranak diikat di bilik tidur, ugut ...
• Remaja ditahan, disyaki bunuh rakan kerana cemburu
• Remaja lelaki 17 tahun ditangkap bunuh rakan
• Remaja dituduh bunuh rakan kerana cemburu
• Bahana cemburu buta, remaja dituduh bunuh rakan
• Bunuh 3 kanak-kanak: Hukuman mati terhadap lelaki kekal
• Remaja 17 tahun bunuh rakan sebab cemburu diberkas
• Remaja 17 Tahun Dituduh Bunuh Jiran
• Mahkamah rayuan kekal hukuman mati terhadap buruh
• Bunuh tiga beradik hari pertama puasa, bekas buruh ...
• Bunuh rakan: Nelayan dihukum penjara 32 tahun, 12 ...

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  PERAK.

  27 November 1875 - SoMKofour Indian and Ctii^a contemporaries have been consulting in vaiu their Atlases and Encyclopedias ia order to tind out something about Perak, its whereabouts and history, and as we rather suspect that little or nothing whatever has ever been written about tins State, which ha» suddenly risen into an

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  THE TAKING OF THE PASSIR SALA STOCKADES.

  11 December 1875 - Wk extract from yesterday's Uazelte and publish below the despatch from Major Dunlop, Queeu's Commissioner to Perak, narrating the smart little affair of the 15th November last at Passir Sala, when the work of retribution for Mr. Birch's murder was successfully begun, aud

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  THE ARREST OF THE MANTRI.

  19 April 1877 - Pw r t? i ptppwpn to j- r to i .^h .y au' i^. 'TSf '•T "i r Sv-* h'lhEmL'' "t^ißiSr^ .^?^l£ i :)jruisbi: I i nisei f 'Q-n^^fJ&iHf&M lose ll lkt% tfl^^eg^iu^! -d to tifcrool u^' i was astonished \n| t^' notes of milHui

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  REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. (For Straits Times.)

  12 July 1877 - The Wae in Asia Minor. London, 11<A July. —Ahmed Mukhtar Pacha has now effected a junction with the garrison of Kars, and the left wing of the Russian army has recrossed the frontier. The Russians in Bulgaria. A Russian division is marching upon Selvi and

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  VARIORUM.

  17 July 1877 - [By Nemo.] I said the other day that Perak was not in such a state of perfect bliss as is usually represented. From pretty good authorities I learn that there is a great necessity for strict enquiry into the affairs of this newly acquired dependency. The officials, high and

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  PERAK.

  16 August 1877 - Mr. Hugh Low, H. M’6 Resident in Perak, has been making a sort of progress through portions of Perak for the laudable purpose of making himself personally acquainted with the capabilities of the country, aud the wishes and dispositions of the Chiefs and people. Mr. Low kept a diary

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  PERAK.

  18 August 1877 - Mil. lit on Low, H. M's Resident in Perak, lias been making a sort of progress through portions of Perak for the laudable purpose of making himI self personally acquainted with the ca- pabilities of the country, and the wish- j i es and dispositions of the Chiefs and

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  LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

  3 October 1877 - Singapore, 3rd Oct., 1877. Gambier I 4.67$. Black Pepper >. 7.70. White Pepper 13.50. Sago Flour, Sarawak 3.80. Pearl Sago 00. Ooffee, Bontyne none. Tin 19-32$. 40s. Mule twist 97. 8i lbs. Sbirtinga 1.60. 7 do do •> 1.42$. 6 do T. Cloth 107$. 7 do do

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  THE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S REPORT FOR 1876 ON THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

  9 October 1877 - The financial position of the Straits Settlements which had become somewhat complicated at the commencement of the year 1876, through the disturbances in the Peninsula and the large advances made from the local Treasuries to certain Native States into which

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  OUR BLUE BOOK FOR 1876.

  18 October 1877 - We have received a copy of The Strait* Settlement* Blue Book for 1876, and cannot but pronounce it to be a very fair specimen of printer and-book-binder's work, which does credit to the management of the Government Printing Establishment. The paper is good, the type

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  Murder of Mr. C. H. Lioyd Superin.

  31 October 1878 - From the Baity Times, 2SM Octal TKN'DEXT OP THE DI.MMN Yksterda* morning a telegram w*s received at (Jou-rnmont House from Col. Anm)\ that Mr. C. H. Lloyd Su ndent of the Dindings, had beeu Ordered, Mrs. Llo^d seven wounded*, and Mrs. Innbs badly

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  POLITICAL TELEGRAMS

  14 January 1879 - From our Exchanges. London, 7th Jany.—'The depressed state of trade is causing a general movement and reduction of wages. Numerous strikes have taken place- 1,000 guards and shunters on the Midland Railway have struck work. Ihe I' irst Lord of the Treasury (Premier) is suffering from a severe

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  THE TRAIL OF PANGKORE PRISONERS.

  29 January 1879 - Ol'R Penang contemporaries have given but meagre details of the trial of the Pangkore prisoners, but the Pinatig Gazette of the 24th instant publishes the summing up of the Chief Justice and the passing of the sentence of death upon the three found guilty, which

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  POLICE REPORT.

  21 October 1879 - Continued from No. 82. J 67. Having made careful inquiry into the characteristics of the Klings Kling and Ma- and Malaya it is difficult to lays. report upon either of them as forming material for making really good Police. Major Dunlop favours the Kling, as he is bet“ter

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  REUTER’S TELEGRAMS. (For Straits Times.)

  30 January 1880 - Poland. London, 29 tk Jan. —The semi-offi-cial Agence Russe declares the report that Russian troops are concentrating in Poland to be unfounded. The Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs has made a reassuring speech on the subject. Mr. Swettenham will probably act as Assistant Colonial Secretary

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  Topics of the Day.

  17 March 1880 - I In- Ji I I .1/ ren. Tin, a i n Proski i i ion. a i. li- fort I Jr. I I' \L tn list m I Ibrahim Would have been i d with before .Mr. Dunlop who issm-d the warrant of arrest and to

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  THE NEW AMERICAN CONSUL TO SIAM.

  28 June 1880 - The despatches from Washington in yesterday’s Herald announced the appointment of General John A. Halderman, of Leavenworth, Kansas, as Consul to Bang, kok- As the appointment was unsolicited by the General, it is unknown whether he will accept or not, but this nomination is

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  PARLIAMENT.

  2 July 1880 - London, 1#/ July. —The Timet publishes a paragraph stating that the Conservative party is prepared to consent to the legislation permitting affirmation of allegiance. The inquiry into the charge of murder committed in Fraser Street—the victim being a young Chinese girl—is being held before Dr. Dennys in camera, at

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  LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. TUESDAY, 24TH AUGUST, 1880.

  1 September 1880 - Present. His Excellency the Governor. His Honor tbe Chief Justice. Tbe Hon’ble the Officer Commanding (tbe Troops. the Colonial Secretary. the Attorney-General, the Colonial Treasurer. T. Shelfon). R. Campbell. F. C. Bishop. Tbe Minutes of the last meeting are read and confirmed. Singapore River.

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  REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (For Straits Times.)

  24 November 1880 - Ireland. London, 23 rd November. —A sanguinary fight between the police and People took place yesterday. Thk meeting of the Debating Society announced for next Thursday, has been postponed until Thursday, the 7th December. The M. M. Co.’s steamer Ava, Captain Bretel, with the next

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  LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

  8 January 1881 - Thursday, -Oth December, 1880. (Continued from yttlerday't paper.) The following Protest was then read We, the Unofficial Members of the Lesitls. tire Council, desire to record our formal pro* test against the final decision of the Secretary of State in charging the revenues of the Colony with the

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  THE QUEEN OF MANDALAY.

  18 May 1882 - Students of natural history, familiar with the economy of Bee life, will j probably find a parallel for the ferocity j with which the Queen Bee attacks and destroys all existing or possible rivals, j in the following account taken from the Rangoon Timet of 28th

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  EGYPT.

  27 May 1882 - London, ZGlh May. —The Allied Squadrous refuse to withdraw until the normal situation is restored. Result or the Oaks. London, 26fJ May. 1 Geheimniss. 2 Saint Marguerite. 3 Nellie. Egypt. London, 26 Hi May. —The President of the Council of Ministers has received an ultimatum from the Consuls, demanding

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  11 June 1883 - The Colonial Secretary forwarded His Excellency's Memo to Malacca, Pesang, Sungbie Ujong, Selangor, and Perak, and we would commend the following replies to the attentive perusal of our readers. Thefirst, Mr. Swettenham'a, it should be mentioned, was written in L 876. It is, therefore interesting, but somewhat crude and unpractical.

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  14 June 1883 - it the 0, and :s of modern av A 'ill be ties of L jT3i-» a bloekade ivajMioe of '^T^rf 3 'luce the vtTL. «?k ut from in this work. 1 or hunting £^^^^^^B only craft oi I'awd* StmS^fif it 1 the rai^it be laicf dr »w« mis»ioner» sane tld

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  Local District Government.

  14 June 1883 - A very interesting- paper was laid on the Council Table at last meeting-, and dealt with what is known, perhaps too well-known m India and m England, and more especially Ireland, as Local Self-Government. The length ofthe paper precludes our commenting U P it to-day to any

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  14 June 1883 - The Headman of the village under the Malay Government collects the local taxes and receives for his services a proportion of the collections, or the whole of a particular tax. In return for this he becomes responsible for the peace of his village, he undertakes to secure, as far as

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  The Torrens Land System.

  28 June 1883 - We have been favoured by a memba of the Bar with the following memo, randum on Mr. W. E. Maxwell's rtpoit on the above subject, which we publiik with pleasure, in order that the question may be as fully ventilated aa poasible: Memorandum on Mr. W.E.

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  13 July 1883 - I I I '■cci/ i I I w I i I I L. H w this ComttYo*,^^ f < at no claiu C aft«r tli I "t i e eb>. m »phi- B- till tbe C Loft s^n Ww al. nial l oeer. tier of Lands. T^iindilands. Qallaad. 11 1

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  Legislative Council.

  19 July 1883 - Friday, 6th July, 1883. Present. His Excellency the Governor. His Honour the Chief Justice. The Hou'ble tbe Officer Comd'g the Troops the Acting Colonial Secretary. M the Acting Attorney General. the Colonial Treasurer. the Ictint* Auditor General. the Actm* Colonial Engineer. the Commissioner of LancU. J. Graham. G.

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  SUPREME COURT.

  26 September 1883 - In Criminal Assizes. {Before Hi* Honor Mr. Justice Ford.) Monday, 21tb September, Gano Robbekt, Ac. Throe Chinese named Lim Tye How, Loto Tyc How, and Chua Teng Ckeang, were charged at follows (1) that with otb r fire or more persons •*<>•« did on the 17th July commit

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  Shorthand Report of the Legislative Council.

  11 October 1883 - Fbiday, 27th September, 1883. s Excellency The Gov^bnoh Tfc#Hon*b!e the Officer Com. the Troops. the Acting Col >nial Secretary. the t 'olonial Treasurer. the Acting Auditor-General. M the Acting Colonial Engineer. the Commissioner of Lands. J. Graham. W. G. Gullan.l. R. B. Read. T.

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  REPORT ON PERAK FOR 1882

  15 October 1883 - Amo.m; tin- papers laid before the LoKislativeY'imiu'il mi the 2ml mst. was tile report Sir Hu/li L ,w X.C.M .(i HesiJcXof Perak, on that State for [882. Unlike its predece.-sors, this report descends 1 1 t < a gnat deal of petty detail, and is

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  Report on Perak for 1882.

  20 October 1883 - Among tbe papers laid before the Legislative Council on the '2nd inst. was the report of Sir Hugh Low, K.C.M.G., Resident of Perak, on that State for 188*2. Unlike its predecessors, this report descends into a great deal of petty detail, and is cut up

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  Administration Report of the State.

  29 March 1884 - Of Perak, ion LSB3. The Resident of Feral: to the Colonial Secretary, S. S. Kuala Kangsa z7th Feb., 1884. Sir, 1 i the hon forward an Abstract of the Accounts oi ie and Expenditure of the State of PeruK for the year 1883. The total

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  Page 2 Advertisements Column 1

  5 May 1884 - afcrtr .Dferrlifravntf. 905 NOTIOB. Tbndbs* ar« invited for the supply of frov. 100.. A Her Maieaty'a Ship* at B*B_*L*»r*. (ut 1- r -f Three years ■MBSHa} October next. TasWUr* to be lodged with the Senior l^^^nMoT. Straits Settlement*, not later lat of Jane may obtain Form of Tsadwr on apt

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  REPORT

  4 December 1886 - .Sccion appointed by His ExcelV> ;,n, Gaming and I'ublic Lotteries the Colony. '."■I uowiot W«u>, a.c.M^., 5l r and Commtmiet m-Chuf, Straitt Settlements. the undersigned, Commissioners apS Vlnv.u un*" lhc I>ublic Sc;l f tllcC y \nril last and 26th June, 18S5, respectively, •*L .SI- d aPli f t e

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  Report by the Commission on Public Gaming and Lotteries.

  4 December 1886 - Re port by th e Co mmission on Pub lic Gaming and Lot teries. if. i;.r M Q Sib. We. the undersigned. Coma .ipp.inted l.y you under the Public Seal of the Colony on tli- *ih April hat aad Wth Jane, 1836, respeetirely, for the purpose of "making a diligent

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  Report by the Commission on Public Gaming and Letteries.

  13 December 1886 - X GCM C l It Frederick Al °y™» WeUi, G.VM.G., Governor and Comman-der-in-Chief Straits Settlement*. Slß, r^T e the un <*ersigned, Commissioners appointed by you under the Public Seal of the Cohmy on the Bth April hut and 26th June 1886,

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  LOCAL.

  17 December 1886 - The Siamese gun boat Coronation, having on board a special Siamese Commissioner, left Penang n Wednesday last for the Trangin River, in order to institute a thorough investigation into tho recent piratical attack upon a native schooner and tho massacre of eight of her crew. For the information of

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  Perak in 1886. IIT.

  3 August 1887 - Perak in 1886. IIT. 8 7 I'm. Sikh Police in the st.ii. uuil, iirer requirements, bu< bav< len Wow their normal strength om tindnu in recruiting which are expe< be removed bv direct enlistment in India through the [uapector General of Police in the Punjab. Th»- Maiuv branch of rlnPoroe

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  Legislative Council.

  17 October 1887 - 1 id L3th v I'l. N 1 Hi* Exc ur Freder The Hon'ble the < officer Conn < the I eral i.J. the < loionuil Ti i i the A tli <. tii< •>helford. .1. P lim. li. C ton. •be Miimtt's of tin wen> read and confirmed

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  3 April 1888 - An opium smoker died on the passage of the Flijiinj Dragon from Larut to Penang yesterday morning. He smoked a pipe on the way, and died shortly before his arrival. He was in a most emaciated condition. A dispensation has been received from Col. Dunlop, C. M.

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  8 June 1888 - We were wrong in stating in onr last issue that the P. and 0. Steamer Deccan sailed on Monday for Colombo; she did not sail till the following day. The Acting Resident Councillor, the Hon W. E. Maxwell, returned in her from Singapore. On Tuesday night Mr

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  7 May 1889 - We hear that thefts are now rife in town. In many cases entrances into houses are effected during the day. The P. O. steamer Sutlej with mails from Europe arrived here on Saturday morfting and left again late at night. The French mails ex M. M. steamer

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  PERAK NOTES.

  7 June 1889 - (From THE rati Goi't ritmĕnt I’a'.ttb■. 31st May.) In his report for the month of April. Mr Cecil Wray, the Magistrate of Batang Padang, says Daring the month, as the river at Tapah has been low. a number of men ai.d women have been washing tin sand out

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  Perak In 1888.

  20 June 1889 - The report of the British Resident for 1888 again shows a state of affairs which gives every cause for congratulation. For the last twelve years the progress of the State has beeu rapid, and the annual strides made ia the revenue have been, to use the language

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  WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889.

  19 July 1889 - Here shall tlie Pre«> the People* rij;i,t matfttftin, I nawed by influence and unbnbeil bt gain; I lere patriot Trut'i her plorioiis pre, rj.rv ~+'lrdije.l to Religion, ojalty. ami I Mtf. In his Annual Administration Report on Malacca for 1888 Mr. Hervky points to a very

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  26 October 1889 - Bass's /Straits Times. We omitted to mention in our last issue that the Government Gazette of the 18th instant notifies the receipt of a letter by the Acting Colonial Secretary from the Consul-General for tho Netherlands, Singapore, stating that the States on the West Coast of Acheen,

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  LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

  19 November 1889 - I THURSDAY, :,isr OCTOBER. 18H9 Pkkskn i HIS EXCELLENCY THK GOVERNOR (Sir Cecil C. SMITU, k. C. H. g.) The Hon'ble the Acting Colonial Secretary A If. Skinner I the Attorney-General \V. Boneer). the Acting Colonial Treasurer (R S r O'Conn(ir.i the* Auditor General (A. P. Talbot' the

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  WANTED LIGHT, MORE LIGHT !

  5 February 1890 - WANTED LIGHT, MORE LIGHT Our readers will have observed that we have introduced a new feature into our paper lately under the head Gleanings from the Perak Government Gazette Hitherto it was almost a matter of impossibility to obtain any reliable information as to what is really going on in

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  PERAK NOTES.

  19 February 1890 - (Perak Government Gazette Feb. 14 J In this report to Government for the month of January, the Collector and Magistrate for Kuala Kangsa says:— On the Bth a number of Malay Chiefs tnd raiats assembled in the grounds of the Istana for the purpose of erecting a tf

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  Kuala Kangsa (Perak) in 1889.

  8 April 1890 - Extracts from an Ojjicial Report) Land. At the end of the year the total area of Und occupied \uw as follows Mines. 1,520 acreaagricnltural lots, 12,108 acres; town lota) 149,554 square feet village Jots, :«7.2«X)aquare feet, aud burial grounds, 62 acre-. No survey work was

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  Perak in 1889.

  30 July 1890 - Mr. I*. A. Swettenham's Report of the oldest and most northern of the Protected States is based on the work of half a year, for Sir Hugh Low did not retire till May 31st. It is, however, as interesting as it ran well he, being a briel

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  30 August 1890 - We have been requested to state that His Excellency the Acting Governor will be on board the Sea Belle in Penang Harbour on Tuesday, the 2nd September. His Excellency will be glad to see any gentlemen on board on business between 2 and 4 p. in. Gentlemen

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  30 September 1890 - Mail Notices.—A mail for Europe via Negapatam and Bombay will be made up at 4 p.m. on Thursday next by the steamer Camorta.— The French mail steamer Natal having left Colombo for Singapore at 3 p.m. on the 25th instant, the Penang mails should be here on

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  Perak News.

  12 November 1890 - rnmeni mknd nit r the Isr day of January, 189], povpram to enforce, th■il of th export duty on pepper mid ltumunder the provision- S;>.>. Uegnlations f, r Pepper and < I*n d the 15th October, 1885 The du*; rate of >i pikul on pep•euts a pikul on

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  NEIGHBOURING STATES NEWS.

  16 December 1890 - Pahang. -The Residentship. TheXontZon and China Express of the 14th ultimo contains the following note on the subject of the Acting Residentship in this State ‘‘We understand that on his arrival in the Straits Mr. Noel Denison, who lias just left London to return to his post

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  STRAITS AND CONNECTED STATES.

  5 March 1891 - Singapore— The Military Demand. Remarking on the arguments used by the Secretary of State in his despatch on this subject, which we lately published, the /ree Press makes the following observations on the spirit shown in this autrocratic demand In the despatch to this Colony, the

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  2 May 1891 - Monday next, the 4th instant, being the least of the Blessed John Baptist de la Salle, the founder of their Society, the Brothers of St. Xavier's Institute will celebrate the auspicious day by granting a holiday Lo their pupils and taking a day’s rest for themselves. Mass

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  Crime and Police in Perak in 1890.

  19 June 1891 - I. hit Kiim, Acting .mman.lant of tbe Perak Sikb*. report* fa»ourablj on the worl .l..ne In tin- F.»rre last »e»r, m.t•«itli«t ulIiiu' the he»rv prewure of their dutie*. The Force, for all that. oommaDiW sufficient |«i|>ulant? to draw an iicremni; flow of recruit*

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  PERAK IN 1890.

  30 June 1891 - (Condensed from Annual Report). Revenue.— §2,so4,ll6 being $157,702 below the estimates and $272,466 less than 1889. The decrease is due to a shortage of $231,365 under the general heading licenses. Otherwise, and in the face of a general trade depression which was not confined to this State

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  SELANGOR IN 1890.

  30 June 1891 - {Condensed from Mr. Maxwell's Report. j Revenue.— sl,BBB,92B, an excess of $60,500 upon that of 1889. Customs produce an excess of $54,850, interest of $26,743 and railway of $17,268. The export duty on tin, which was estimated to produce a return of $621,000 was exceeded by although

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  PAHANG IN 1890. (From Mr. Hugh Clifford's Report.)

  7 July 1891 - PAHANG IN 1890. (From Mr. Hugh Clifford's Report.) Finance and Trade. The Revenue of the Statt for the past year amounted to $62,077 a sum of $13 037 than the estimated Revenue, and only $1,297 in excess of double the sum collected from the Ist of July to the 31st

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  15 July 1891 - Air. H. J. H. Riccard, Acting Ins-pector-General of Police, who was lately gazetted as a Justice of the Peace for this Settlement, was sworn in before the Senior Alagistrate on Thursday, tho 9tli instant. Owing to the success which attended the collection of house assessment at Jelutong

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  POLICE FORCE ADMINISTRATION REPORT 1890.

  28 July 1891 - We extract the following paragraphs of special interest from the Acting InspectorGeneral’s (Mr. E. H. Bell) Report appearing in the last Gazette General Remarks. The year 1890 lias been an eventful one for the Police. Early in the year the report of the Commission appointed

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  THE PAHANG DISTURBANCES.

  26 April 1892 - Ulu Pahang No further news has been received from any of the mines in the Penjom district, or from Rauh. It is generally believed that the telegram relating to the "Stores at Lipis" being raided, although not yet confirmed may prove correct, though it is a matter

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  The S. C. C. Sports Abandoned.

  5 July 1892 - A PXOPOSAL ro Turk hie Plain n i.l N X I Tut following not,.,' < the Secretary iffl formed us was p,.0,d m the Siugaposßj Cricket Club this morning t >\s ing to the ent lies being so few ihflj Committee hav< le. nlod

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  TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1892.

  5 July 1892 - 1 lew It tpnnt r IV..' V ri| IJnawcal bjr Influence and ti n lie re p_t r at truth her t. I AmeS to Religion, l.ova'.tv. and 1 A telegram has been received from the Hon. J. J. Grinlinton Stating that he considers f,20, 000

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  PERAK IN 1891.

  5 July 1892 - PERAK IN 1 891. The annual report of the Acting Resi dent ol Perak is published in the __t r?" srmmsnl <?#*#«, Vf that SUta In m rciin| or ant WM, -„ai,,p'7; 1 7u7« i:7'7'i Ih -rv r?( v 5 ,5,,,.,:,; 77 n 7i; 7;"°^received in 1800 and tM '<>

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  THE PERAK ADMINISTRATION REPORT, 1891.

  9 July 1892 - Mr- W. H. Tkkacher, the Acting British Resident of Perak, gives a Aery complete and concise summary of the events of the year 1891, which took place in jtlie State of which he is the temporary administrator. Unlike the Penang Administration Report, the Perak document

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  MR. MAXWELL ON SELANGOR.

  29 August 1892 - The annual report on the State of Selangor for the year 1891, which appeared in a supplement to last Friday's Government Gazette, is from the pen of the Hon'ble W. K. Maxwell, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, who explains that he was unable to prepare it before finally

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  THE PAHANG REBELLION.

  19 September 1892 - (Straits Times.) It is hoped that with the disappearance of the rebels towards the State of Kelantan there is a better prospect of the pacification of Pahang} As long, however, as theToh Gajah and his sons, and Si Rahman and his sons are alive and free, there

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  PERAK NEWS.

  8 March 1893 - HOW THE TIGER WAS BAGGED AT TELUK Anson. At 6 a. n». news was brought by some Malavs of a tiger having attempted to enter* a pen of goats in the village of Durien Sabatang, a small peninsula at the junction of the Perak and Bidor rivers about

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  ADMINISTRATION REPORT, PENANG, 1892.

  31 July 1893 - (Continued.) Survey. The costly re-survey of the country districts of Penang Island has been completed, with the exception of certain undemarcated sites on Government Hill and of Pulau Jerejak. The survey of George Town is also being rapidly pushed forward. The town proper, comprising 522 acres

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  FAREWELL PUBLIC BANQUET TO H. E. THE GOVERNOR.

  29 August 1893 - (Free Press.) Last night, in the Town Hall of Singapore, there assembled a trreat and representative fathering of men of the Colony ami the Native States, its Dependencies, to do all honour to Sir Cecil Clementi Smith who now retires from office

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  THE OPIUM COMMISSION.

  2 January 1894 - Mr. Howard's Evidence. At the 13th sitting in Calcutta the following evidence, dealing with the Calcutta opium trade to this Colony and China, was given by Mr. H. S. Howard, of the firm of Messrs. David Sassoon and Co. The following is an abstract of his statement

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  PERAK.

  20 June 1894 - Malang. From the annual report on the Matang district we learn there was no cattle disease in the district during the year, but 20 buffaloes imported at Teluk Kerlang from Siamese territory were found to be suffering from rinder pest 16 died and remaining 4 were destroyed. General. There

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  THE PERTAK RESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1893.

  11 July 1894 - THE PERTAK RESIDENT 'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1893. Surveys. PtiuXG the year that is just past special attention was devoted to agricultural and mining surveys. A regular system was initiated, and it was applied to all the districts in the State. Already good results Inivc been obtained, arrears are being

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  PERAK NEWS.

  15 October 1894 - (Perak Government Gazette. O(T. 12th.) The following Orders are published: Leave. The leave of absence granted to Dr. H. IL Siilbpard, State Surgeon, has been fuither extended, without salary, for two months from the 13th Oclo'’ei.— I he leave <>f absence granted to Mr. J. B. M. Leech,

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  THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1895.

  15 January 1895 - The date of next Assizes has been altered for 22nd January to the sth February. It is notified in S. V. A. Corps Orders that the Cyclist Subdivision will hereafter be designated E. Subdivision. The Philharmonic Choir meets this afternoon at 5 p. m. in the

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  THE LOWER PERAK PIRACY CASE.

  24 April 1895 - e appear to have been wrong in saying on the 27th of last month that the boat looted on the Perak river was proceeding from Tehik Anson to Kinta. It was doing exactly the reverse. It would seem the head boatman communicated to an outsider

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  SELANGOR IN 1894.

  15 July 1895 - Tbe Annual Report upon the State oi 1 Se'angor for the year 1894 appears in the 1 last Selangor Gazette RrVCHt'K AHD EXFENDITVRB. The revenue collected during the year amounted 10 $3>334>463. being an excess of $601,003 ovet the estimate, and an increase of $569,117 over ttat

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  PERAK NEWS.

  13 August 1895 - From our Correzpondent). The Resident’s Ann uni Report for the {rear 1894, which appeared last week, is ocallv considered to be one of the ablest reports that Mr. Swettenhain has made, i and is the inure interesting as in all pro* ba.bi.it v, it is the last report

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  THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.

  10 September 1895 - MR HUTTENBAOHH MOTION Mr. Huttenbach then moved the follow, ing resolution: “This Council respectfully recommends as find settlement the following uioJtia tious of the terms of Military Coutr.tuition as proposed in Secretary of State's despatch No. 201 of 28th June, 1895 1. The Contribution is paid by

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  SELANGOR NEWS.

  19 November 1895 - (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 8th November. THE WEATHER. Scarcely auy rain has fallen this week, and the riveis have returned to their proper channel**. Tue Railway Depa'tment are hard at work restoring the Ulu Selangor track. The P. W. D. have suffered comparitively slightly, and, as far

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  STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION.

  23 December 1895 - Dnraaa *i thb Gs\N-n Hotel. I he annual dinner of the Straits Settlements \jsOCiation, which for various reasons did not take place in iBq4, was renewed with redoubled energy on .roth inst., when exactly one hundred persons s„t down at the large hall of the Grand Mitel.

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  LONGSHORE AND NAUTICAL CHAT.

  18 April 1896 - Among the things which a manufacturer in search of a trade mark is nrohibifeed from using are the Royal Arms, representations of tho Queen, or of any members of the Royal Family, and representaions of the Royal Crown. XI r. Justice Stirling had to determine the

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  BRITISH RULE IN MALAYA.

  24 April 1896 - The lecture on the subject of British rule in Malaya, delivered at the Royal United Service Institution before a special meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, by Mr. F. A. Swetteuhain, c.m.g., Resident-General of the Malay States, gives some interesting details respecting the growth of British

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  BRITISH RULE IN MALAYA.

  27 April 1896 - iAin«<<*__- Koy-d Colonial Institution was StiM ia the^Theatre at me Royal United Service Swtion, Whitehall, on 3«t oh., when Mr. L Ssrcttenli-im, CM.-. (Resident-General of H» PWrcted M_«y States), read a paper on Sb-h Rule m Malaya. There was a Urge atSlnce ol members and friends,

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  BRITISH RULE IN MALAYA.

  28 April 1896 - i\ km tting of the Royal Colonial Institution was n the Theatre of the Royal United Service institution, Whitehall, on }tst ult., when Mr. Swettenh^m, c.m.o. J Resident-General of I c Protected Malay States), read a paper on g f tish R tile in Malaya. There

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  MR. F. A. SWETTENHAM ON MALAYA.

  28 April 1896 - THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PLANTING. THE BRITISH OFFICIAL AND THE PUBLIC. A meeting of the Royal Colonial Institution was held in the Theatre of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, ou 31st March, when Mr. F. A. Swettenham, C.M.G., (Resident-General of the Protected Malay States),

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  LONGSHORE AND NAUTICAL CHAT.

  10 June 1896 - In connection with the return of H. 11, Raja Mudaii of Kedah, attended by Mr. B. S. Mitchell and Tuan Syed Munseer, from Batavia it may be stated that H. H, was recalled by a telegram from Kedah announcing ilie serious illness of his brother the

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  LOWER PERAK.

  2 July 1896 - BBUODI crime is on the in rtate in the District of Lower I'erak. probabh owing to so many boatmen I ><-in K thrown out of work. The DfatrM Magistrate of Lome Nnk ha- put m a (lag over his office, which is Imi-tcd when he is at work

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  OUR BLUE BOOK FOR 1876.

  18 October 1877 - We have received a copy of The Strait* Settlement* Blue Book for 1876, and cannot but pronounce it to be a very fair specimen of printer and-book-binder's work, which does credit to the management of the Government Printing Establishment. The paper is good, the type

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  Untitled

  14 June 1883 - The Headman of the village under the Malay Government collects the local taxes and receives for his services a proportion of the collections, or the whole of a particular tax. In return for this he becomes responsible for the peace of his village, he undertakes to secure, as far as

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  THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.

  26 November 1913 - HIGH COMMISSIONERS STATEMENT. A RECORD REVENUE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, November 25. In opening the Federal Council H.E. the High Commissioner delivered a speech in which he referred to the record revenue for 1913. The estimated rever.ue for 1914 was million dollars, and the total

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  THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.

  27 November 1913 - high COMMISSIONER’S SPEECH. A YEAR OF SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS,’’ The Federal Council was opened at, Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, fi ne weather allowing the customary brilliance of the ceremony to be witnessed in comfort. The Council will sit for three days and then adjourn until Saturday, when

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  The Federal Council. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S OPENING ADDRESS. A Year of Substantial Progress.

  27 November 1913 - The Federal Council was opened at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, fine weather allowimthe customary brilliance of the ceremony to be witnessed in comfort. There were present, II. E. the High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G.; the Chief Secre

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  ULSTER AND THE ARMY.

  24 March 1914 - Resideuts in the Straits have to cast their memories back a very long way to recollect a crisis in British internal politics which has made itself felt so acutely out here as that which has now arisen in the relations between England and Ireland. Generally the

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  THE CONTENTS BILL.

  30 June 1914 - Page 2 —lndian News. Page 3. —Methodist Episcopal MissionPoetry. Page 4.—Sporting News Correspondence; Passengers; A School Master’s Chanda Business; Chinaman Knocked Down by Mot< r Car. Page s.—Futurist Clothes The Abjssinian Mystery; Albanian Riddle. Page 6.—The Unemployed Plantar; The Rsts of Bagan Datoh Penang Turf Club; A

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  HARBOURING LEPERS.

  4 July 1914 - CHINESE FINED. Before Mr. V. G. Ezeohiel thia morning, Mr. W. A. Ward, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Penang Municipality, prosecuted two Chinese, How Joo Yeang and Ung Choo a Tow, the first for allowing a leper to reside in his common lodging house, No. 39 Love Lane,

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  LOWER PERAK NEWS.

  28 July 1914 - CHOLERA IN TELUK ANSON. Teluk Anson, July 26. Cholera, which hitherto had confined itself to Bagan Datoh inhabitants, and those living in the outskirts of Teluk Anson town, has made its appearance in the very heart of the town. Yesterday consternation prevailed in Ah Cheong Sc eet,

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  19 May 1915 - Mr E. Stockwell, late Manager of Sungei Liang Rubber Company, Pahang, bas obtained a commission in tbe l.'ith battalion Hampshire Keg*. Talking of 6craps of paper there is a fairly substantial scrap in the District Officer's bouse at Tatnbunan, in the shape of a stone upon which Mat Salley swore

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  M. A. P.

  16 September 1915 - The Howitt-Phillips Comedy Company proceeded to Ipoh by the mail train this morning, Many flags were flown in the Chinese quarter to-day in honour of the birthday of President Yuan Shi-kai. Mr. Justice Coxe, who recently left India, is now working m a munition factory at home,

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  M. A. P.

  23 September 1915 - Many flags were fl wn in the Chinese quarter to-day in honour of the birthday of President Yuan Shi-kai Mr. Justice C< x°, who recently left India, is now in a munition factory at home, earning a workman’s wage Two of Mr. Justice Cox ’s sons were

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  CHINAMAN’S ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

  17 August 1916 - SIKH CONSTABLE’S RASH DEED. An instance of Police misconduct was r brought to light on Tuesday in the Ipoh j Supreme Court when a Sikh named Guffar Singh, till recently a police constable, was charged with having attempted to murder j Chang Ah Kye at tbe

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  CONTENTS.

  25 June 1924 - JAN.— JUNE 1924. [NOT INCLUDING THIS WEEKS.] LEADERS. PAGE. Christian Union 1 The Japanese Regent 2 A Political Error m India 2 Comment of the Week 2 Rubber Frauds 1 The New Year 3 Rubber's Weeds 3 Protected Shipping 17 Sir David Galloway 17 Hongkong Piracies 17 Good Luck

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  FEDERAL COUNCIL. The High Commissioner’s Address. Full Text of Speech.

  28 November 1924 - (Krt>m Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 25. y the High Commissioner, Sir f morui GuiHemard, presided at the t ng of the Federal Council, and a full attendance of members, ifvtra seating accommodation was pror,lid hiul u large number

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  SCOTTISH LETTER.

  14 April 1925 - IRELAND IN SCOTLAND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, March 18. It has ever been the rule that Scotland should export many of her best citizens. The stream of emigration is as great as ever, but the process has a new and disturbing aspect. In the past the place

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  POLICE COURT NEWS.

  15 April 1925 - BURGLARY AT "QUEENS" During Sunday night or the earlv hours ot Monday morning, thieves entered Um premises in Prince-st. occupied by Queen's Athletic Stores, having removed two large Yuk locks and after ransacking Mi. Kleinman's desk, they got away with aboir U0 dollars worth of goods, including

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  SOCIAL & PERSONAL.

  3 June 1925 - SOCIAL PERSONAL. Lord Rawlinson left £4,143. The King has presented Sir William Birdwood with the baton of a Field Marshal. Mr. R. J. B. Clayton, District Officer, Lower Perak, accompanied by his wife, left Teluk Anson at the week-end f©r the Bindings on duty. Mr. 0. T. Dussek, Principal. Malay

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  BIG GOLF TEST.

  3 June 1925 - WHO IS BRITAIN’S BEST PROFESSIONAL? BY HARRY VARDON, (Six Times Open Champion). The first representative tes of this season’s golf form will take place on the Nottinghamshire Club’s course at Hollinwell, when the final stages of the £1,200 tournament will be decided. So far as concerns the

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  5 June 1925 - Mr. J. A. Brown is leaving Penang for Home by the Morea. Mr. R. Boyd, of the Co-operative Societies Department, returned to Penang on Saturday from an official visit to Kuala Lumpur. Captain J. E. Edwards R.D., R.N.R., Deputy Master Attendant and Mrs. Edwards, are leaving for Home by the

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  AT KUALA LUMPUR

  9 June 1925 - .—T.O.M. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, June 3 The King’s Birthday parade wan held on the padang. Local Volunteers, Police and Cadets participated. H.H. the Sultan of Selangor and the Chief Secretary, Sir George Maxwell, took the salute. There was a good attendance of the public.

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  10 June 1925 - The Archbishop of York on May 9 ded rated the beatiful memorial chapel whicn I been constructed in York Minster by tha comrades in the line and Territorial battalions of the King's Own Yorkshire L ght Infantry to over 9,000 men of that -g-iment who fell in the war. Battalion

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  FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925.

  10 June 1925 - Mr. J. A. Brown is leaving Penang for Home by the Morea. Mr. R. Boyd, of the Co-operative Societies Department, returned to Penang on Saturday from an official visit to Kuala Lumpur. Major-General Sir Chaiics H. Powell, X.C.8., late of the Indian Army, is m Kuala

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  BORNEO MOTORS.

  24 June 1925 - Clerk Charged. PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY. In the Second Police Court, Penang, today, before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, the preliminary enquiry was commenced into the case of an alleged falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust brought against an Indian named G. M. Dawson. Mr. E. A. de

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  15 March 1927 - The native press reports that a Japanese steamer was fired on by troops of Sun Chuan-fang at Hsia Kwan on February 14. The twenty-third ordinary general meeting of the Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd., will be held at the offices of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, on Tuesday, March 22, at

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  HACKED TO DEATH

  7 November 1932 - Reuter. Tamil On Trial For Murder At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. At the Assizes, Vellasamy was brought up for trial on a charge of murdering his wife at the 17th mile Bagan Datoh Road, Lower Perak, in the early hours of August 1 The

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  TALES OF THE PERAK ARMED POLICE.

  1 January 1933 - A Review Of Pioneer Officers. An article on early days in Perak recently contributed to the Sunday Times by an old F.M.S. resident has inspired another article in which some of the early events and personalities of police history in Perak are recalled. The

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  "WOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR $1,000"

  4 September 1935 - ALLEGED CONFESSION CF YOUNG 3ANJARESE PERAK ASSIZES MURDER CASE ACCUSED WHO ASKED FOR PARDON FROM DISTRICT OFFICER (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, September 4. hen 1 did this deed I was immature. Now if I were given $l,OOO to do it I would

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  BREEZE IN COURT AT TELUK ANSON

  16 October 1935 - SEQUEL TO APRIL I I FIRST I Mr. Terrell’s Objection ALLEGED CHEATING BY| ESTATE POSTMAN Teluk Anson, Oct. 14. j A document worded Please give to Veerasamy the $200,” formed the chief point jof argument in a criminal case t which came up for

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  MYTHICAL MURDER IN TELUK ANSON

  30 January 1937 - Monkey Hero And 7wo Villains Teluk Anson. Jan. 29. The story of a mystery murder, the detalTs of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the “Arabian Nights” or Baron Munchausen’s tales, has been responsible for the biggest hoax in the history of

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  PERAK TOWN HOAXED BY STORY OF MYSTERY MURDER.

  2 February 1937 - Indian Fakir And Three Juggling Monkeys. CROWD PACKS COURT FOR < ISON-EXISTENT CASE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Telok Anson, Jan. 29. THE story of a mystery murder, the details of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the Arabian Nights

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  AROUND MALAYA

  26 July 1937 - Somk Mtborittoi on crime matteti are ol the opinion that crime goes in waves of intensity; others that the prevalence Of crime is due In large measure to the fluctuation of economic conditions The latter theory seems to |ftlfl I little support from the fact that Malaya'* in

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  Anger And Jealousy The Chief Causes Of Murder

  24 May 1940 - REVIEW OF CRIME BY THE I.G.P. Importance Of Scientific Aid In Investigation THE principal immediate causes of murder were the primitive passions of anger and jealousy,” declares the In-spector-General of Police, F.M .S. in his report on the state of crime in

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  "THIS IS WAR AT HALF-COCK" A Planter's View

  10 January 1950 - "THIS IS WAR AT HALF-COCK" A Planter's View THE heading of your recent editorial— "HalfCock War" exactly describes the present situation in Malaya. It is not suggested that there is any simple way of changing things, or that anyone is responsible for the present state of affairs, unless it be

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  Drop us a Line

  13 May 1956 - ■I W HEN Mala ya and Sin- gapore get merdeka what will happen to our Thomas Cup players I* Will the two territories ■J combine together or enter as individuals P. N. DASS > Ipoh. 7/ Singapore and the Federation do separate I" completely it ii-

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  OUR BLUE BOOK FOR 1876.

  18 October 1877 - We have received a copy of The Strait* Settlement* Blue Book for 1876, and cannot but pronounce it to be a very fair specimen of printer and-book-binder's work, which does credit to the management of the Government Printing Establishment. The paper is good, the type

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  14 June 1883 - The Headman of the village under the Malay Government collects the local taxes and receives for his services a proportion of the collections, or the whole of a particular tax. In return for this he becomes responsible for the peace of his village, he undertakes to secure, as far as

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  MONTHLY REPORTS, PERAK.

  30 April 1897 - Lower Perak lx his rep>ort for March, the District Officer, (Mr. Ed. J. Brewster) says:—The mon’h has been abnormally wet, and in consequence a good deal of late padi has been spoiled taking the crop throughout the district it has been bad. I attribute this to various

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  FRIDAY, 29TH MAY.

  3 June 1903 - Arch deacon Snarpe and Messrs. Cox, Ireland, Douglas and Thomson arrived by the Rajah, of Sarawak yesterday from Kuching. The Dutch steamer Siak arrived this morning from Rautan Paudjang with 6,000 tins of kerosene oil for this port. 6,000 tins were landed at Malacca. People in the

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  LOCAL AND GENERAL.

  6 August 1908 - The Penang Court of Appeal will be held on Tuesday, August 11. The output of rubber for the month of July from the Lanadron Estate was 16,576 lbs. A crocodile, 14 feet long, was taken out of the Singapore River, near Robertson’s Quay, on Wednesday. A now*

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  LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

  2 May 1912 - y 0izotto is informed that the 01 ir *'Vak’s departure l as again t(:r Lain ,lav Postponed aud it is un WllCU 1Q 033 will leave Very poor padi crops are reported in Northern Kedah. Quarantine restrictions against Madras on account of cholera are withdrawn. Mr. .1.

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  Planters Confer.

  14 January 1914 - THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF TODDY. Indian Immigration. Despite the comparative inaccessibility of the place of meeting, delegates turned np in fall force at the meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya at the Lower Perak Club, Teluk Anson, on Sunday, reports The Malay Mail. Mr. 11. W.

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  HARBOURING LEPERS.

  4 July 1914 - CHINESE FINED. Before Mr. V. G. Ezeohiel thia morning, Mr. W. A. Ward, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Penang Municipality, prosecuted two Chinese, How Joo Yeang and Ung Choo a Tow, the first for allowing a leper to reside in his common lodging house, No. 39 Love Lane,

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  F.M.S. REPORT.

  15 September 1914 - ANOTHER YE \R OF PROGRESS. DEVELOPMENT OF PORT SWETTENHAM. Mr. R G. Watson, Acting Chief Secretary, signs the Annual Report of the Federated Malay States for the year 1913. From it, it appears th it tha revenue for the year amounted to $44,332,711 <£5,172,149), being $9,858,061 in excess

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  Kuala Lumpur Comments.

  18 March 1916 - (From Ocr Own Corkkspondkmt.) Kuala Lumpur, March US. Mr. W. Stanley Hardwicke, of tbe Bagan Datoh Estate, has been granted a commission (second lieutenant) in tbe Coldstream Guards and is at present stationed at Victoria Barracks, Windsor. He expects bis marching orders for tbe western front some

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  Mail Notice.

  27 March 1916 - To-DAT. Ban Whatt Soon, for Deli, 1 p.m. De Klerk, for T. Serna we, Segli, Sabang Olehleh etc.. PadaDg, 2 p.m. Benoa, for Langea, 2 p.m. Ban Fo Soon, for Dindings, Sitiawan, Baean Datoh and Teluk Anson, 2.30 pm. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and S-tul, 3.30

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  CHINAMAN’S ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

  17 August 1916 - SIKH CONSTABLE’S RASH DEED. An instance of Police misconduct was r brought to light on Tuesday in the Ipoh j Supreme Court when a Sikh named Guffar Singh, till recently a police constable, was charged with having attempted to murder j Chang Ah Kye at tbe

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  15 February 1918 - Some mystery is attached to a murder which occurred recently on Arcadia Estate, Bagan Datoh, tbe victim being a Tamil coolie, who was found dead on tbe estate, says tbe Times of Malaya. Hfs left ear was missing and there were other marks of violence There was no sign of

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  M. A. P.

  7 December 1918 - Our Taip nz writes Mr. R. Raja, Clerk (Class II, has been promoted to Class I, as Chief Clerk in the Customs Offioe, Taiping. Mr. Muthu Kumarau, of the Taiping Revenue Audit Department, proceeds to Kuala Kangsar as Sub Treasurer, while Mr. Ponam- I pal&m of the

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  CONTENTS.

  25 June 1924 - JAN.— JUNE 1924. [NOT INCLUDING THIS WEEKS.] LEADERS. PAGE. Christian Union 1 The Japanese Regent 2 A Political Error m India 2 Comment of the Week 2 Rubber Frauds 1 The New Year 3 Rubber's Weeds 3 Protected Shipping 17 Sir David Galloway 17 Hongkong Piracies 17 Good Luck

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  HEALTH AND SANITATION.

  5 August 1924 - LE( Tl KE AT CALEDONIA CLUB. A particularly interesting and instructive lecture by Dr R. L. Symes, Medical Officer to the Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd., and Allied Companies, was heard at the Caledonia Club on Thursday evening 21th, July under the auspices of the Malay Peninsula»)

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  POLICE COURT NEWS.

  15 April 1925 - BURGLARY AT "QUEENS" During Sunday night or the earlv hours ot Monday morning, thieves entered Um premises in Prince-st. occupied by Queen's Athletic Stores, having removed two large Yuk locks and after ransacking Mi. Kleinman's desk, they got away with aboir U0 dollars worth of goods, including

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  5 May 1925 - Dr. S. Danasamy. formerly of Port Swet tenham. Is now stationed at Taiping. Mr. Sydney Smith has taken over the duties of State Engineer, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. S. K. Sibbald has assumed duties as acting Town Planner, Kuala Lumpur. Prince Adisorn, son of King Mongkut of Siam and uncle of

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  8 May 1925 - ciu W e iT?". 1 10 record the death of Mr L^rlff 1 JESS > ate A^TBuildTng' which took at his residence |aj Siam Road the n.gfht of Friday last say. Gazette. The deceased was taken ill time ago and had to retire from Se palty after a service of

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  TELUK ANSON NEWS.

  29 May 1925 - CHICKEN-POX EPIDEMIC. There is a mild outbreak of chickenpox in Teluk Anson just now Mr. Palaniandy, chief clerk. P. W. D., being one of the victims. The authorities are taking stringent measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic. Departing Officials. Mr. J. Atchinson. Executive Engineer, who

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  5 June 1925 - Mr. J. A. Brown is leaving Penang for Home by the Morea. Mr. R. Boyd, of the Co-operative Societies Department, returned to Penang on Saturday from an official visit to Kuala Lumpur. Captain J. E. Edwards R.D., R.N.R., Deputy Master Attendant and Mrs. Edwards, are leaving for Home by the

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  FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925.

  10 June 1925 - Mr. J. A. Brown is leaving Penang for Home by the Morea. Mr. R. Boyd, of the Co-operative Societies Department, returned to Penang on Saturday from an official visit to Kuala Lumpur. Major-General Sir Chaiics H. Powell, X.C.8., late of the Indian Army, is m Kuala

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  MURDER AT IPOH.

  24 July 1925 - (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July -L It is reported from Bagan Datoh that a Chinese has been murdered by a -Javanese. Then» have been no arrests. There will be a dance at Fort Canning to-morrow, from 7.30 p.tn. till inidhig tA church service was broadcast i'Scotland

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  IPOH NEWS.

  9 September 1925 - PERAK ASSIZES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh September 9. At the Perak Assizes, Haji Idris of Bagan Datoh was found guilty of murder, by causing the death of his wife and daughter but was declared insane when the deed was committed. The accused was ordered to be detained

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  MALARIAL INSANITY.

  10 September 1925 - TAKES HOMICIDAL FORM. In the Perak Criminal Assize Court. Ipoh, before the Hon Mr. Justice Watson, and assessors, Ngah bin Haji Idris, of Su.ngei Balai, Bagan Datoh, was charged with murdering his wife Fatimah and his daughter Maimoonah binti Ngah, on May 23. The story told by the

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  SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

  27 March 1926 - TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Warialda for Singapore. Menggala for Tanjong Poera. Pangkalan Brandan. Pangkalan Soesoe and Langsa. Tara for Negapatam, Karikal, Porto Novo, Cuddalore, Pondicherry and Madras. Kidderpore for Colombo and Bombay. President Monroe for Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles. Boston and New York. Kudat for Bhuket,

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  20 September 1926 - content s 1 LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) B Drift 1029 Places in the Sun 1041 H Tropical Life ...1035 Singapore Tragedy ...1(42 Sir George Maxwell’s Views 1039 Eurepean’s Sad Death 1042 M Decentralisation 1043 Singapore News 1044 *5 English Films 1047 Singapore Health 1046 M The R.S.P.O.A. in Malaya 1051 The

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  PENANG ASSIZES

  23 March 1927 - ACHEEN STREET MURDER I CHARGE WITHDRAWN I hen the Assize f ourt resinned 5». I ting in the Supreme Court before the I Hon. Mr. P. J. Sproule on Saturday I morning the case against Sin Hooi Seng I Necw Hooi Loi, Ng Ooi Ki, Teoh Seng, Sow

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  8 September 1927 - There is a smallpox epidemic in Malacca. About twenty cas.s are reported. A rifle range at Gula, Krian, for the M.S.V.R., has been constructed at a east of ■?2,1>50. In the last six years America has expended mor, than $4.00J,000,000 on its War and Navy Departments. There are a good

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  ARMED GANG ROBBERIES AND MURD. R.

  16 January 1929 - SERIOUS CASES AT SINGAPOR (From Oar Own Correspmle Q SiDgap orP J a The police are investiga mg j n armed robbery and murder in a Tampenie-road, in the e r J a m 4 yesterday merning. A gang Malays raided the house an

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  PRE-NUPTIAL TRAGEDY

  13 September 1932 - Sequel to Disagreement Between Young Man and Fiancee’s People (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Lim Eng Siew was charged at the Assizes to-day with the murder of Lim Yee. He was betrothed a few days before the tragedy and a quarrel occurred between the accused and the

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  HACKED TO DEATH

  7 November 1932 - Reuter. Tamil On Trial For Murder At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. At the Assizes, Vellasamy was brought up for trial on a charge of murdering his wife at the 17th mile Bagan Datoh Road, Lower Perak, in the early hours of August 1 The

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  TALES OF THE PERAK ARMED POLICE.

  1 January 1933 - A Review Of Pioneer Officers. An article on early days in Perak recently contributed to the Sunday Times by an old F.M.S. resident has inspired another article in which some of the early events and personalities of police history in Perak are recalled. The

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  "WOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR $1,000"

  4 September 1935 - ALLEGED CONFESSION CF YOUNG 3ANJARESE PERAK ASSIZES MURDER CASE ACCUSED WHO ASKED FOR PARDON FROM DISTRICT OFFICER (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, September 4. hen 1 did this deed I was immature. Now if I were given $l,OOO to do it I would

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  TRIFLE MURDER AT BAGAN DATOH

  22 July 1936 - Robbery Believed To Be The Motive A triple murder was committed last weekend in a lonely hut on a coconut plan- 1 tation about ten miles from Bagan Datoh, when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband of the deceased woman

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  TRIPLE MURDER AT BAGAN DATOH

  23 July 1936 - MAX'S (.Rl/KSOME DISCOVERY Finds Wife And Children Horribly Mutilated Ipoh. A TRIPLE murder was committed on Sunday afternoon in a lonely hut on a coconut plantation about ten miles from Bagan Datoh. when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated The husband o!

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  TRIPLE MURDER IN PERAK.

  24 July 1936 - MOTHER CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH. (From Our Own Correspondents Ipoh. July 22. A triple murder was committed on Sunday afternoon in a lonely hut on a coconut plantation about :en miles from Bagan Datoh. when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband

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  TRIPLE MURDER IN PERAK.

  30 July 1936 - MOTHER CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH. From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 22. triple murder was committed on Sunday afternoon In a lonely hut on coconut plantation about ten miles irom Bagan Datoh, when a mother and two children were found horribly mutilated. The husband of the

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  THREE CHARGES AGAINST TWO MALAYS

  1 October 1936 - Triple Tragedy At Parit Tengah Recalled (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 30. I The second case taken up for hearing at the Perak Assizes, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitken, this afternoon, was one in which two Malays, Abas bin Haji Hassan and Mat

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  ACCUSED DISREGARDS COUNSEL'S ADVICE

  3 October 1936 - > ADMITS TRIPLE MURDER CHARGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, October 2. Quietly but emphatically disregarding the advice of his counsel Abas bin Haji Hassan, one of the two Banjarese, who stand charged at the Perak Assizes with the murder of a Chinese woman and her

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  HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT.

  5 October 1936 - HANGING THE LEAST PUNISHMENT. Murder "Most Repulsive" WOMAN AND CHILDREN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 3. ABAS bin Haji Hassan and Mat Napiah bin Lah, two Banjerese who were charged at the Perak Assizes before Mr. Justice Ait ken with triple murder were both found guilty on all three

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  “REPULSIVE MURDERS’

  5 October 1936 - BANJARESE TO HANG (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 3. Abas bin Haji Hassan and Mat Xapiah bin Lah, two Banjerese who stood charged at the Perak Assizes before i Mr. Justice Aitken with triple murder, were found guilty on all three charges; and sentenced to death this

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  Husband's Tears In Witness Box

  6 October 1936 - RIPLE MURDER E! RIAL Malays Dramatic Story Ipoh, Saturday. •CHE abused me and her two children J also abused me. I was then excited .in(i the laces and the bodies of the three Smeared to meas those of animals. I lost n fsenses and I

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  MYTHICAL MURDER IN TELUK ANSON

  30 January 1937 - Monkey Hero And 7wo Villains Teluk Anson. Jan. 29. The story of a mystery murder, the detalTs of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the “Arabian Nights” or Baron Munchausen’s tales, has been responsible for the biggest hoax in the history of

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  MONKEY TRICKS AT TELOK ANSON

  2 February 1937 - Whole Town Hoaxed By Mythical Murder (From Our Own Correspondent) Telok Anson, Jan. 2tt. THE story of a mystery murder, the details of #hich are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the "Arabian Nights" or Baron Munchausen's tales, has been responsible for the biggest

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  PERAK TOWN HOAXED BY STORY OF MYSTERY MURDER.

  2 February 1937 - Indian Fakir And Three Juggling Monkeys. CROWD PACKS COURT FOR < ISON-EXISTENT CASE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Telok Anson, Jan. 29. THE story of a mystery murder, the details of which are worthy to rank with the whimsicalities of the Arabian Nights

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  Tamils Pack Court To Hear Mythical Case

  15 February 1937 - TELUK ANSON MURDER HOAX (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 15. yiiE mythical murder hoax which created so much excitement in Teluk Anson on Jan. 29 transferred its scene to the Ipoh Supreme court last Saturday when a crowd of nearly 100 Tamils

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  AROUND MALAYA

  26 July 1937 - Somk Mtborittoi on crime matteti are ol the opinion that crime goes in waves of intensity; others that the prevalence Of crime is due In large measure to the fluctuation of economic conditions The latter theory seems to |ftlfl I little support from the fact that Malaya'* in

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  MALAY SENTENCED TO DEATH AT PERAK ASSIZES

  9 September 1937 - DEFENCE OF ALIBI NOT ACCEPTED (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 9. After a protracted hearing lasting six days at the Perak Assize b e^ore the Hon. Mr. Justice Pedlow, the trial of Awang bin Sidik, on a charge of murdering Mat Esa

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  DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MURDERER

  11 September 1937 - Alibi Defence Rejected HEARING LASTS SIX DAY3 AT FERAK ASSIZES (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 9. FTER a protracted hearing lasting six days at the Perak Assize Court, before the Hbn. Mr. Justice Pedlow, the trial of Awang bin Sidik. on a chart,' of

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  MALAY SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS

  17 November 1937 - Death Sentence Reduced (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. THAT the trial judge had been misled by an extract m a reference law book dealing with the right of "private defence" and had consequently not directed the Assessor correctly, was the observation made

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  MALAY ESCAPES THE GALLOWS

  17 November 1937 - DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED Rights Of “Private Defence” “TRIAL JUDGE MISLED” (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 16. That the trial judge had been misled by an extract tn a reference law book dealing with the right of “private defence” and had consequently not directed the

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  Alleged Temple Murder Described

  9 September 1938 - Alleged Temple Murder Described Ipoh, Sept. 8. THE hearing was continued at the Perak Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford and M. V. Nathan, of the trial in which Nagiah, a South Indian of the labourer class, stands charged with

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  §TOP PRESS

  31 May 1939 - DOUBLE MURDER [From Our Own Reporter 1 Ipoh, Wednesday. A shocking double murder and robbery in Lower Perak. in which a Chinese towkay, engaging in the fishing business, and an employee weic waylaid, killed and robbed of cash totalling Sl5O, has been reported to the pLiice. The men

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  TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING

  7 June 1939 - TRIPLE MURDER FOLLOWS DOUBLE KILLING WOMAN CHILDREN HACKED TO DEATH (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. RAGAN DATOH district, where a double murder was committed aboui a fortnight ago, was the scene of a triple murder to-day, m which al Javanese woman and her two children were discovered hacked to death

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  Anger And Jealousy The Chief Causes Of Murder

  24 May 1940 - REVIEW OF CRIME BY THE I.G.P. Importance Of Scientific Aid In Investigation THE principal immediate causes of murder were the primitive passions of anger and jealousy,” declares the In-spector-General of Police, F.M .S. in his report on the state of crime in

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  WOMAN AND CHILDREN DONE TO DEATH

  25 June 1940 - Teluk Anson Triple Tragedy Recalled MALAY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Ipoh. T'HE triple tragedy which occurred in Teluk Anson a little more than a year ago when a Malay woman and her two children—a five-year-old son and a child aged l*/z years—were stated to

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  DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MALAY

  26 June 1940 - Hacked Woman and Children To Death TWO OTHER CHARGES WITHDRAWN Ipoh. A UNANIMOUS verdict of guilty being returned by the Assessors, Mr. Justice Horne in the Perak Supreme Court yesterday passed sentence of death on a Malay, Malik bin Haji Kary, who had stood trial

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  MALAY CHARGED WITH MURDER OF WIDOW

  29 August 1941 - I o Stand I rial Al Assizes Telok Anson. The preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder preferred against a Malay named Abdullah bin Bilal who is alleged to have caused the death of a young Malay widow named Rapeysh binti, Yusoff, at Pasir

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  'I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL'

  10 October 1954 - 'I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL' TELUK ANSON, Sat. KILT- CLAD Anthony David McLeod. 22, assistant on Melintang Estate, Bagan Datoh was refused bail when he came up in court here today on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He is accused of causing the death of Kamaruddin

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  'Wickedly rash' planter

  17 December 1954 - MAN IN KILTS SAYS: I DIDN'T KNOW GUN COULD KILL HE SHOT ALLEGED COCONUT THIEF— SENT TO PRISON FOR SIX MONTHS IPOH. Thursday. £)AVID Anthony McLeod, assistant manager of Melintan? Estate, Bagan Datoh, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment here today for shooting an alleged coconut thief.

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  Gaol for planter who shot man

  23 December 1954 - IPOH, Dec, 16, T)AVID Anthony McLeod, assistant manager of Melintang Estate, Bagan Datoh, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment here today for shooting an alleged coconut thief. Kilt-clad McLeod 23, was originally charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He shot Kamaruddin bin

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   S.A.S. MEN END CAREER OF 'TERROR OF TELOK ANSON'

  17 August 1957 - S.A.S. MEN END CAREER OF 'TERROR OF TELOK ANSON' The life and crimes of Ng Pak Kong\ TELOK ANSON, Fri. The SURRENDER of one top-ranking terrorist, the KILLING of a second and the SUICIDE of a third h<js almost crippled the Malayan Communist Party organization operating m the vast Hutan

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  Five men accused of murder of family

  12 July 1969 - Five men accused of murder of family TELL" K A NS( N Friday. CTKICT security precautions wire taken wh< n five men were charged in the magistrates court here today with the murder of six people. Th > five w<-re Kamaroi Ariffln bin Abdul MuUUb, 30; Mohamed Lot b:n Sl.--tam,

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  Murder trial put off in 'national interest'

  9 September 1969 - Murder trial put off in 'national interest' COURT IS TOLD: PUBLIC FEELING STILL HIGH IPOH. Monday THE High Court hearing of the case against five men on charges of murder, attempted murder and arson has been postponed in the national interest and for reasons of public security." Mr. Justice Pawan

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  Bomoh charged with kampong murder

  8 April 1971 - Bomoh charged with kampong murder TELUK ANSON, Wed. Abdullah bin Haji Said, 47, a bomoh, was tentatively charged in the magistrate's court here yesterday with the murder of kampong worker. Daham bin Haji Wahab. 52. He was alleged to have committed the offence at Kampong Rungkup Kechll In the Bagan

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Triad Societies: Western Accounts of the History, Sociology ...

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... ABDULMAJID REPORT 1925 On 31/7/1925 Haji Abdulmajid of the Criminal Intelligence Branch , F.M.S. wrote a departmental report on secret society activity among Malays in Lower Perak from which the following pro forma list of suspected ...

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The Influences Of Early History On Multicultural Melaka

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Devinder Raj · 2022

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... secret societies , but some had strong relations with the Chinese business community . In Perak there were wars between the actual secret societies , in this case the Ghee Hin and the Hai San Triads.27 The British and the Malays found ...

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Abdillah Noh · 2024

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... secret societies grew more intense. Both the Ghee Hin and Hai San had the backing of rich merchants from the Straits ... Perak that would eventually see British involvement to settle the disputes. In the 1861 clash, the Ghee Hin ...

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Swaran Ludher · 2015

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... Perak . The Council recommended that the Bendahara Raja Ismail be installed as the new sultan . This led to civil war between the contestants . As had happened earlier in Selangor the Malay factions turned to the Chinese secret societies ...

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Great Britain. Straits Settlement. PERAK . Ipoh . LOWER PERAK . Land matters . Setiawan . Native agricul- ture ... secret societies must be firmly dealt with . The Chinese Settlement at Setiawan has 300 settlers , who have planted ...

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The A to Z of Malaysia - Page 251

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Ooi Keat Gin · 2010

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... secret societies clashed over tin mining and trade, leading to the Larut Wars (1872–1874). A royal succession ... Perak joined the Federated Malay States (FMS) in 1896. Tin and rubber enriched Perak and led to new urban centers ...

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Michael R. Godley · 2002

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... Societies were not limited by geographical lines , so a branch in Perak , for example , did not develop independent ... Malay states came through the secret society route and , as a result , the prototype capitalists were the ...

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Malay Secret Societies in the Northern Malay States, 1821-1940s

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Mahani Musa · 2007 · ‎No preview

This important study describes the origins and development of Malay secret societies in the northern states of the Malay peninsula between 1821 and 1941.

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Western Accounts of the History, Sociology and Linguistics of Chinese Secret Societies Kingsley Bolton, Christopher ... Malay language . ( 7 ) Again Stirling emphasises that " The existence of the societies was purely local ...

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Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

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Lynn Hollen Lees · 2017

This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.

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Malaya's Secret Police 1945-60: The Role of the Special ... - Page 41

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Leon Comber · 2008

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... Malaya , in which he had showed a special interest dating back to 1930–31 when he had been stationed in Perak dealing with Malay political activities and Malay secret societies , continued to be impressive , and his network of Malay ...

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Charles William Heckerthon · 1897

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... Perak , in the Malay Peninsula , say that in 1888 secret societies " caused endless trouble and anxiety , " although in 1887 four members of the Ghee Hin Association were sentenced to twenty years ' imprison- ment for conducting an ...

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... Malay Brotherhood was linked not only with the Malay secret society in Penang but also with a parallel Chinese Brotherhood in Perak which , too , had its headquarters in Penang . Along the Perak river most of the Malay landowners ...

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The Peasant Robbers of Kedah, 1900-1929: Historical and Folk ...

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Cheah Boon Kheng · 2014

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... Malay criminal secret societies which flourished in the states of Penang, Kedah, Perak, and Selangor provide many interesting themes for research. The available studies, however, have concentrated more on the Chinese secret societies ...

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Rough Guides · 2023

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... (secret societies). The Malays, too, were hardly immune from factional conflicts, which frequently became intertwined ... Perak Malays was arranged by the new Straits Governor, Andrew Clarke, on Pulau Pangkor, just off the west ...

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