Batang Kali Massacre

To:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,


A Petition to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Brutal Massacre of 24 Ulu Yam Villagers
At Batang Kali, State of Selangor,
Malaysia (then known as Malaya)
by the British Army
On the 12th day of December 1948


May it please Your Majesty,

1. We the undersigned your Humble Petitioners, place a high expectation on the good conscience and magnanimity of the people of the UK and Your Majesty. We write to seek for Your Majesty's kindness to use your vast influence to cause the UK government to issue an official apology and grant reasonable compensation to the Chinese community at Ulu Yam, Malaysia (then known as Malaya) and the family members and descendants of the massacre victims. We hereby set out the factual matrix of the incident:-

1.1 On the 12th day of December 1948, about 60 years ago from the present day, a troop of British army of Scottish origin (Scots Guards) detained 25 Ulu Yam villagers of Chinese origin at Batang Kali. These villagers were all unarmed innocent commoners with no intention to resist the detention. However, all the villagers were shot by the British army without any due investigation or being rightfully heard. All of them were killed except one who is still alive today. The barbaric and brutal murder committed by the British army was concealed by the then British colonial government, no one was prosecuted or investigated on account of the brutal massacre.

1.2 In February of 1970, an English newspaper exposed the incident and condemned the brutal massacre. In response to the newspapers' report, the then Defence Secretary, Mr. Dennis Healy, instructed Scotland Yard to set up a special task team led by Mr. Frank Williams to investigate into the matter. As a result of the investigation, concrete evidence was gathered which shows that the brutal massacre at Batang Kali in December 1948 indeed took place.

1.3 In 1992, BBC broadcasted a series of documentary, unveiling the long- concealed truth of Batang Kali massacre to the people of the UK
and to the world. We was hoping that with the publicity of the documentary the three- generational injustice, agony and nightmare to
the family members and descendants of the victims could finally come to an end, however, nothing was done by the UK government thereafter.

2. We would like to state that successive British Government have failed to make amends for this historic injustice to the people of Ulu Yam, Malaysia.


3. OUR DEMANDS AND PROPOSALS

3.1 As it is now evidently clear that the massacres was committed. The crimes of the past should not be forgotten. We shall do all things within our powers to rectify the injustice. We opine that the UK government should take full responsibility of the incident.

3.2 We humbly petition to Your Majesty to kindly use your vast influence to urge the UK government to take immediate steps to redress grievances and do justice to the Chinese Community at Ulu Yam and the family members and descendants of the massacre victims.

3.3 We humbly appeal to the good conscience and magnanimity of the people of the UK and Your Majesty to realise our demands, that is:-

a) To appoint an official to publicly apologise to the Chinese Community at Ulu Yam, the family members and descendants of the massacre victims and the survivor of the Massacre;

b) To grant a reasonable compensation in the sum of Eighty Million Sterling Pound (₤80,000,000.00) only,

i) ₤30,000,000.00 to be paid to the family members and descendants of the massacre victims (25 households); and

ii) ₤50,000,000.00 to the Chinese Community at Ulu Yam for the purposes of educational and cultural development.

We sincerely hope that Your Majesty would consider our proposals, and bring this shameful and sadden chapter of the past to a close.



c.c. The Honorable Prime Minister of the United Kingdom