Families keep up apology demand on 76th anniversary

More than 70 years have passed since British soldiers killed 24 Malayan rubber tappers in Batang Kali, Selangor but calls remain for a long overdue apology from the UK government.

British lawyers gathered with Malaysian politicians and hundreds of others in Kuala Lumpur last night to mark the 76th anniversary of the Batang Kali massacre, Free Malaysia Today reported.

John Halford, the UK-based solicitor for the victims’ families, said it would be…