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The documentary is in three parts: The Dawn Of Destruction (on how the Emergency started), The Battle Of Kampar (on the one and only strong defence put by the Commonwealth forces, which successfully blocked the Japanese from penetrating central Malaya in 1942) and Remembrance Day (how it is observed by war veterans and families who lost their loved ones during the Emergency). Harchand said discussions are on-going to erect a monument to commemorate those who died in the Battle of Kampar and during the Emergency in Sungai Siput. “For the Battle Of Kampar, we have picked a site at the Thompson Ridge. Though it is now a housing estate, the original battle site is still visible. Commonwealth soldiers comprising British, Gurkha and Indians were killed here, along with 500 Japanese soldiers,” said Harchand. “We want to preserve Thompson Ridge as a historical ground where we will also build the monument and a museum. It is a joint-venture project with the India, Nepal, Pakistan, British and Japanese embassies and is scheduled to take off in December,” he added. Also in the pipeline is the construction of a monument in Sungai Siput Phin Soon Estate in August in memory of three British planters killed here. They were J.M. Allison and L.D. Christian, killed at Phin Soon Estate and A.E. Walker, killed in Elphil Estate.
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