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The schoolteacher who helped build a multiracial army

today27 July 2025

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IN the sweltering heat of July 1952, a young schoolteacher from Batu Pahat, Johor, folded away his lesson plans, turned in his chalks and made a choice that would alter the course of his life — and etch his name into Malaysia’s military history.

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Written by: Raymond Goh Boon Pah


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