THE pioneer leaders responsible for the formation of Malaysia must have had a nicely thought out and noble vision of unity, shared universal values and deep mutual respect between the people of the various component parts of the new nation.
THE pioneer leaders responsible for the formation of Malaysia must have had a nicely thought out and noble vision of unity, shared universal values and deep mutual respect between the people of the various component parts of the new nation. They had inherited a number of multiethnic British administ
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THE Funk brothers – Johnny, Alexander and Paddy – were members of the North Borneo Volunteer Force (before the war). Their family home was near where the Allied Prisoners Of War (POWs) were interned from July 1942. This enabled the brothers to establish secret contacts with the POWs which saw them providing help and serving as conduits between the POWs and the hospital in Sandakan.
When their activities were betrayed to the Japanese in July 1943, the brothers were arrested and severely punished by the Japanese Army; Alex was executed while Johnny and Paddy suffered great physical and psychological torture