MEMORIAL MONUMENT FOR FALLEN HEROES
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| MACVA MEMBERS WITH DATO SRI ABDUL KARIM RAHMAN HAMZAH INFRONT OF LUNDU MONUMENT |
UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL MONUMENT AT KAMPUNG JANGKAR IN LUNDU
8 May 23
On 4 May 23, MACVA members led by President Dato' Lee Kwang Lock attended the unveiling of the Memorial Monument at Kampung Jangkar in Lundu. The Memorial Monument was erected to honour the 15 soldiers from 7th Royal Ranger Battalion who lost their life in an ambush in Lundu on March 26, 1972. The unveiling of the Memorial Monument was officiated by Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
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| MEMORIAL MONUMENT AT KAMPUNG JANGKAR, LUNDU |
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| THE LUNDU AMBUSH INCIDENT |
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| LIST OF KILLED IN ACTION AND WOUNDED IN ACTION 7 RRD SOLDIERS |
In 2019, MACVA was approached by Col Ratnam, Chairman of the Monuments Organising Committee to assist in raising funds from MACVA members for the construction of this Memorial Monument and a 2nd Monument honouring 7 soldiers from 1st Royal Ranger Battalion who lost their life in an ambushed at Tanjung Batu Babi, Ulu Katibas Song. MACVA launched the two monuments donation drive from 27 November 2019 to 6 December 2019 and raised RM21,870.00 from members and a few non-MACVA members.
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| 7RRD MEMORIAL APPRECIATION PLAQUES |
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| DATO SRI ABDUL KARIM RAHMAN HAMZAH PRESENTING 7RRD MEMORIAL APPRECIATION PLAQUE TO MACVA AND ALL ITS MEMBERS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT DATO' LEE KWANG LOCK |
MACVA is very pleased to have contributed towards the construction of the Memorial Monument in Kampung Jangkar, Lundu to honour our fallen heroes who lost their life in defending the peace and sovereignty of our beloved country. We would like to thank all our generous members and non-MACVA members for their kind donations. We would also like to express sincere gratitude to Lt Gen Datuk Stephen Mundaw (Retired) and the organising committee for inviting MACVA to this very meaningful occasion.
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| MACVA MEMBERS ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL MONUMENT UNVEILING EVENT |
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| GROUP PHOTO OF MACVA AND RENJER MEMBERS AT KAMPUNG JANGKAR, LUNDU |
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| Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah bersama yang lain di hadapan Tugu Peringatan Serang Hendap Pasukan Batalion Ketujuh Rejimen Renjer Diraja. Foto: TVS |
Tugu Peringatan Kampung Jangkar akan diwartakan sebagai tapak sejarah
By TVS Berita Sarawak May 3, 2023
LUNDU, 3 Mei: Kementerian Pelancongan, Industri Kreatif dan Seni Persembahan akan berusaha untuk mewartakan Tapak Tugu Peringatan Batalion Ketujuh Rejimen Renjer Diraja (RRD) Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) di Kampung Jangkar sebagai tapak sejarah dalam masa terdekat.
Menterinya, Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, usaha itu akan membolehkan kawasan tersebut bukan sahaja untuk dijadikan salah satu tarikan bagi industri pelancongan, malah turut menjadi lokasi untuk memperingati perjuangan perwira terdahulu dalam menentang pengganas komunis 51 tahun lalu.
“Apabila ia menjadi satu tapak sejarah seperti itu yang mana melibatkan ramai pengunjung sama ada dalam ataupun luar, keluarga-keluarga mereka yang berada dalam tentera 7 renjer pada masa itu, mereka melihat tempat perjuangan tersebut, ia secara tidak langsung membawa kepada limpahan ekonomi setempat.
“Dengan Kehadiran pengunjung ini, penduduk kampung boleh menjalankan perniagaan berkaitan yang seterusnya memberikan pulangan kepada mereka, ini sekali gus membantu dalam meningkatkan ekonomi mereka,” katanya.
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| Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menunjukkan Tugu Peringatan Batalion Ketujuh RRD. Foto: TVS |
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang media selepas merasmikan Tugu Peringatan Batalion Ketujuh RRD ATM di Kampung Jangkar di sini, hari ini.
Menurut Abdul Karim, perwartaan tapak berkenaan adalah wajar dilakukan kerana ia merupakan lokasi sebenar kejadian berdarah 51 tahun lalu.
Dalam kejadian serang hendap penganas Komunis petang 26 Mac 1972, 15 anggota dari Batalion Ketujuh Ranjer ATM terkorban manakala empat lagi mengalamai kecedaraan parah.
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| Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah pada majlis perasmian Tugu Peringatan Batalion Ketujuh RRD. Foto: ATM |
Katanya, ketika ini Kerajaan Sarawak telah mewartakan beberapa tapak sejarah serta kubu-kubu pertahanan yang dibina ketika era penjajahan British dan Dinasti Brooke.
Antara tapak terbabit termasuk Kubu Alice di Sri Aman, Kubu Rentap di Bukit Sadok, Betong, Kubu Sylvia di Kapit serta Kubu Emma di Kanowit. – TVS
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维护国土壮烈牺牲 . 纪念碑缅怀15军魂
（古晋3日讯）位于伦乐县的甘榜章卡纪念碑今日进行揭幕仪式，它记载了1972年3月26日大马皇家游骑兵团第7营对抗共产党的英雄事迹。
据史料记载，1971年底，驻扎在吉打州双溪大年的大马皇家游骑兵团第7营部署到伦乐，以消除在砂拉越第1省和第2省叛乱行动日益激烈的砂共产党人民游击队（PGRS）的威胁。
在1972年3月26日，该营在巴达旺对抗叛乱行动时，驻扎在伦乐的第7营司令部奉命护送后勤小组到比亚瓦边境联合哨站。
护送车队由巴沙苏莱曼上士率领，并由一辆路虎（Land Rover） 型号军车和两辆载有 20名成员的3吨卡车负责护送后勤小组。
在从比亚瓦返回途中，下午约3时30分，车队遭到一群60至80名共产党伏击。领队的路虎型号军车躲过袭击后，加速前往蒂蒂阿卡营（Kem Titiakar）寻求支援， 不过另外两辆卡车却被困在杀戮区。
尽管敌军人数众多，并且还遭受藏在高处的敌人炮火攻击，但护送车队仍旧坚持并给予还击，直到蒂蒂阿卡营援军抵达。
配备雪貂装甲车的Skn B 3侦察兵迅速地向共产党阵地开火， 迫使敌军急速撤退。 在此次遭遇袭击的过程中，共有15名第7营游骑兵不幸牺牲，另4人则受伤。
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| Karim (second right), flanked by Stephen (right) and Mordi, unveils the army’s memorial at Kampung Jangkar, Lundu. |
KUCHING (May 4): A memorial honouring the fifteen army rangers who perished in an ambush in Lundu on March 26, 1972 was unveiled yesterday.
The unveiling of the memorial at Kampung Jangkar in Lundu was officiated by Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
The army’s memorial in Kampung Jangkar, Lundu also symbolises the villagers’ patriotism and unity, in rendering their cooperation to the army during the insurgency period.
On March 26, 1972, a three-vehicle convoy comprising a Land Rover and two trucks was carrying twenty army rangers from the Biawak border post to their base in Lundu after having been tasked to protect a team of maintenance crew at the border post.
At around 3.30pm on that fateful day, the convoy was ambushed by the communist insurgents or ‘Pengganas Komunis’ (PGK) from the Pasukan Gerila Rakyat Sarawak (PGRS).
During the ambush, only the Land Rover had managed to speed off to Titiakar army camp to ask for assistance.
A scout vehicle with a backup team soon arrived and managed to force the insurgents to retreat. Fifteen rangers were killed in the incident.
A special operation dubbed ‘Ops Bella’ was immediately launched following the incident, leading to the death of 11 PGK members and the arrest of two. Two other PGK members, meanwhile voluntarily surrendered.
After the completion of Ops Bella, the rangers of the 7th Batallion returned to Sungai Petani, Kedah in December 1972.
The memorial was mooted by Colonel (Rtd) Suhirtharatnam Kulatratnam in 2017 and was completed in 2020. The unveiling ceremony had to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mas Gading MP Mordi Bimol, former commander of the Eastern Field Command, Lt-Gen (Rtd) Datuk Stephen Mundaw, various battalion army officers of different ranks and army veterans were present to witness the unveiling ceremony.
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MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES CHINESE VETERANS ASSOCIATION (MACVA)
DONATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIAL MONUMENTS FOR FALLEN HEROES
BACKGROUND
Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans of the Royal Ranger Corps have undertaken to construct two (2) memorial monuments at the sites where members of the Corps were killed during the Insurgency period in Sarawak, from 1966 to 1990, fighting elements of the North Kalimantan Communist Party. The two incidents where many lives were lost are:
a. On 20 January 1971, two boats with personnel from 1st Royal Ranger Battalion, led by Lt Muda Anwar Basha Khan were ambushed at Tanjung Batu Babi, Ulu Katibas Song. Seven (7) men werw killed and two (2) were injured in this incident. PW II Lenggu Anak China, who was in the second boat, although injured by the enemy fire, led the counter attack and killed 4 Communist Terrorists. He, however, succumbed to his injuries and was awarded the highest gallantry award “Sri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa” (SP) posthumously.
Fallen heroes:
(1) 901161 WO II LENGGU ANAK CHINA (SP).
(2) 901686 RGR SUNTAI ANAK DUIN.
(3) 901564 RGR UMOK ANAK MAMBANG.
(4) 901326 RGR LIAN ANYI.
(5) 901564 RGR LIMPING ANAK GAYANG.
(6) 901422 RGR SHAFIE BIN SAAT.
(7) RGR MERICAN.
Injured:
(1) 2LT ANUAR BASHA KHAN BIN HJ ZAKARIA (410438) – (RETIRED AS LT COL).
(2) 208072 SIG AHMAD BIN SHAFIE.
b. In the second incident, on 26 March 1972, a convoy of 4 vehicles (one land Rover and 3 three tonners) carrying twenty (20) men from the 7th Royal Ranger Battalion was ambushed at Kampung Jangkar along the Lundu-Biawak Road. The convoy was returning to Lundu after replenishing Malaysian and Indonesian troops at Camp Biawak. Fifteen (15) men were killed and four (4) were injured in this incident. It was the highest number of Malaysian Armed Forces personnel killed in one incident throughout the Royal Ranger Corps’ counter insurgency operations during the Second Emergency from 1969 to 1989.
Fallen heroes:
(1) 15567 SGT BASHA BIN SULAIMAN.
(2) 18092 CPL MOHD AKHIR BIN ABD RAHMAN.
(3) 206925 CPL SALLEH BIN EMBONG.
(4) 15967 LCPL YUSUF BIN AYUB.
(5) 931188 RGR RAMLI BIN REJAB.
(6) 928923 RGR HARIS BIN SEKAR.
(7) 930465 RGR MOHAMAD BIN NAYAN.
(8) 928223 RGR ABD RAZAK BIN DERAMAN.
(9) 925552 RGR SALMI BIN ISMAIL.
(10) 22904 RGR ABD TALIB BIN SIN.
(11) 928632 RGR WAN HASSAN BIN IDERIS.
(12) 14071 RGR ZAINAL BIN MOHD NOOR.
(13) 931182 RGR HAMID BIN YATIM.
(14) 228350 RGR MOHD SAAD BIN AHMAD.
(15) 925353 RGR ONGGING BIN JAWI.
Injured:
(1) 15736 RGR ABDUL HAMID BIN MOHD SAAD.
(2) 930474 RGR SHAHAR BIN YAHAYA.
(3) 452752 RGR ALIMIN BIN IBRAHIM.
(4) 928126 RGR ZAINUDDIN BIN AHMAD.
These two monuments will be built by the Royal Engineer Regiment based in Sarawak. The first monument to be built is at the Kampung Jangkar, Lundu-Biawak Road and to be completed in time for the Golden Jubilee (50 years of 7th Royal Ranger Battalion) celebration on 21 March 2020. Each monument is estimated to cost RM22,000.00 to build.
MONUMENTS CONSTRUCTION DONATION DRIVE BY MACVA
MACVA has been approached by Col Ratnam, Chairman of the Monuments Organising Committee to assist in raising funds from MACVA members for the construction of the two monuments. MACVA Management Committee felt it is a noble cause to have the monuments to serve as remembrance of our heroes who gave their lives in the defence of this beloved country of ours.
MACVA launched the construction of the two monuments donation drive from 27 November 2019 to 6 December 2019. We are extremely pleased to see the overwhelming response by our members towards the appeal. In a short period of the 10 days of the donation drive, our generous members and a few non-MACVA members donated RM21,870.00 to the monuments construction funds.
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| LR:MACVA President Brig Gen Datuk Goh Seng Toh RMAF (Retired),
VP RMAF LAC Joe Pie Chong Seng RMAF (Retired), VP Army Maj David Chow Chun Kai (Retired), Capt Tong Lye Heng (Retired), Hon Secretary Lt Col Wong Ah Jit (Retired) and
Chairman of the Monuments Organising Committee Col Ratnam (Retired).
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CHEQUE PRESENTATION BY MACVA TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1ST ROYAL RANGER BATTALION & 7TH ROYAL RANGER BATTALION MONUMENTS IN SARAWAK
The event was held successfully at the The Megan Restaurant, Unit B-0-15, Megan Avenue 2, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur on Friday 13th December 2019 at 12.00 pm noon. More than 20 Veterans and spouse attended the touching and very meaningful ceremony which was followed by lunch and ended at 14.00 pm.
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| Brig Gen Datuk Goh Seng Toh RMAF (Retired) giving his speech. |
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| Lt Col Wong Ah Jit (Retired) giving his welcome address. |
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| Col Ratnam (Retired) giving his speech. |
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| Capt Tong Lye Heng (Retired) giving his speech. |
MACVA is very pleased to have contributed towards the construction of the two monuments in Sarawak to remember our fallen heroes. We also would like to thank all our generous members and non-MACVA members for their kind donations. .
Lt Col Wong Ah Jit (Retired)
Honorary Secretary
15 Dec 2019
华裔退伍军协移交捐款 供砂建殉职军纪念碑
2019年12月14日
（吉隆坡14日讯）华裔退伍军人协会昨日移交捐款支票予陆军第1及第7游骑兵步兵团代表，以供该两支部队在砂拉越两个地点，建立殉职军人纪念碑。
该会会长拿督吴成都退役空军准将致词时说，建立殉职军人纪念碑对提升国家意识的意义深远，以让后辈不忘各族人民在捍卫国家稳定时所作出的贡献与牺牲。
猪石湾伏击战发生于1970年11月20日，当时第1游骑兵的步兵排，进行河道巡逻任务时，突遭砂共从河岸突击，当场阵亡7人、2人伤、歼敌4名。
另一起伏击事件发生在1972年3月26日，载有第7游骑兵一整个营的卡车队，行经伦杜比亚瓦路段时遭砂共伏击，15人牺牲、伤4人。
逾今为止，该事件尚为我国武装部队抗共作战中，最多伤亡的一次。
吴成都透露，时为鹦鹉直升机机师的他，在事件发生后也受命参与了整个抢救伤兵和遗体的运送过程。
游骑兵代表拉南退役上校说，三军胞泽们，虽已退役多年，唯心中军魂不灭，对筹备建立纪念碑一事纷纷响应，让他感动万分，交讬陆军工兵团建设的两座纪念碑预计明年三月份可完成。
筹款发起人童来兴退役上尉，当时隶属第7游骑兵团的年轻军官，受命带领属下处理遗体事务，并遂家通知阵亡者家属，阵阵撕心裂肺、痛彻心扉的哭声至今犹在耳畔。
他在分享中不时哽咽不语，出席者都能感受到他当年的悲伤程度。
共有约20位来自三军的华裔老兵出席这项移交支票仪式。
出席仪式的有 华裔退伍军人协会空军副会长彭聪成、陆军副会长周润佳、
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