Malayan Monitor Explained

Malayan Monitor was an anti-colonial and anti-imperialist newsletter published in Britain which distributed information on the Malayan independence movement during the Malayan Emergency. It was edited by Lim Hong Bee,^[1] a sympathiser of the Malayan National Liberation Army who lived in London.^[2]

According to historians Huw Bennett and Peter Romijn, the British Colonial Office was successful in countering many of the stories published in Malayan Monitor.^[3]

Archives

Archived copies of Malayan Monitor can be found in the British National Archives in Kew.^[4]

See also

• I saw the truth in Korea
  • The Bolsheviks are Coming

Notes and References

1. Book: Linstrum, Erik . Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire . . 2023 . 978-0-19-757203-0 . . 36 . en.
2. Book: Hack, Karl . The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire . . 2022 . Cambridge . 409 . en . Karl Hack (historian).
3. Book: Bennett, Huw . Empire's Violent End: Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962 . Romijn . Peter . . 2022 . 978-1501764141 . Luttikhuis . Bart . 30 . en . Brocades Zaalberg . Thijs.
4. Web site: Political developments: Lim Hong Bee, editor of the Malayan Monitor . 1 August 2023 . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.