Word: temerloh
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Last Roundup. Several weeks ago the Sultan started his final tour-through the Temerloh district in central Pahang, where Communists were still active. Dressed in Bermuda shorts and bright sports shirt, he was greeted by idolizing and contrite villagers. They cried: "Ampun, Tuanku, beribu beribu ampun" (Forgiveness, Your Highness, thousand thousand forgiveness). In each village he warned that his amnesty would end with this tour and urged the villagers to purge themselves of Communists...
Last week in Temerloh the Sultan celebrated the collapse of one of Communism's last strongholds in Pahang. Only a few scattered terrorists remain in all Pahang. "His dancing and singing," said an admiring British official, "has been more effective than a couple of regiments...
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