Immortalised

A Chinese adage goes Good son doesn't become a soldier. You'd probably think that only applies more to mainland Chinese. In Malaysia, during the days when it was called Malaya, Chinese along with the Indians have been known to fight the Malayan Communist Party. An Indian guy,Captain Shanmuganathan and a Chinese guy who went with the name Mat Isa bin Hassan, in fact died together while fighting the commies. Then of course, there were other guys like Sergeant Chong Yong Chin , Lt Lee Ah Pow and Lt David Fu Chee Meng. Sergeant Chong Yong Chin incidentally was the first Malaysian to be honoured with a medal for bravery. His name however, probably would not ring a bell unlike that of his Malay counterpart, Lt. Adnan who fought the Japanese soldiers during World War II. The latter's contribution had been inmortalised in a movie...

Chinese Soldiers in Malaya...