THE LAST TIME Malaysians experienced a full-scale conflict in their homeland was probably more than 35 years ago, before the communist insurgency ended; notwithstanding the fact that there have since been two isolated security incidents—the Sauk siege in Perak in 2000 and the Sulu militant invasion of Lahad Datu in Sabah in 2013.Both the latter incidents resulted in a limited loss of lives among the security personnel, namely in the Special Branch (SB) police division. Still, the security breach was...
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