- Title: MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN INFILTRATORS CAPTURED AFTER GUN-BATTLE
- Date: 27th December 1964
- Summary: 1. GV HELICOPTER WITH CAPTURED INDONESIANS TOUCHING DOWN (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. SV UNLOADING CAPTURED ARMS AND EQUIPMENT FROM HELICOPTER (2 SHOTS) 0.19 3. SV CAPTURED INDONESIANS BEING TAKEN AWAY BY SECURITY FORCES (2 SHOTS) 0.32 4. SV CAPTURED RIFLES AND UNIFORMS CARRIED AWAY BY SECURITY FORCES (3 SHOTS) 0.48 5. LV MORE CAPTURED INDONESIANS B
- Embargoed: 11th January 1965 12:00
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- Location: PONTIAN, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
- Reuters ID: LVA8LYM075GV3YW13MMX6ZJ8P6JU
- Story Text: MALAYSIAN SECURITY FORCES HAVE CAPTURED ANOTHER Ii INDONESIAN INFILTRATORS WHO LANDED NEAR THE COASTAL TOWN ON PONTIAN,IN SOUTHERN MALAYA,ON WEDNESDAY. THE RAIDING PARTY, WHICH NUMBERED ABOUT THIRTY MEN, WAS SPOTTED BY MALAYSIAN COAST WATCHERS.
SECURITY FORCES, WHO FOLLOWED UP THE ALARM, DISCOVERED THE INFILTRATOR'S HIDEOUT ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. AFTER A RUNNING GUN-BATTLE WHICH LASTED TWO HOURS, THE INDONESIANS SURRENDERED. THEIR UNIFORMS, ARMS AND SUPPLIES WERE LATER RECOVERED FROM THE JUNGLE NEARBY.
TWO ROYAL AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS AIRLIFTED THE PRISONERS TO THE PONTIAN POLICE STATION, WHERE THEY ERE PARADED BRIEFLY IN THE CLOTHING THAT THEY'D BEEN CAPTURED IN - COLOURFUL UNDERWEAR AND SINGLETS. LATER THE SAME AFTERNOON, TWO MORE INDONESIANS WERE CAUGHT BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER CAPTURED IN THE SWOOP TO II. THREE OF THE PARTY WERE KILLED IN A BATTLE WITH SECURITY FORCES ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PONTIAN ACTION, THE MALAYSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ANNOUNCED IN KUALA LUMPUR THAT ANOTHER 22 ARMED INDONESIANS HAD BEEN CAPTURED IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA BY THE ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE, H.M.S. AJAX. THE STATEMENT CLAIMED THAT THE INDONESIANS WEE PREPARING TO INVADE THE MALAYSIAN MAINLAND IN SEVEN BOATS.
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