The Death of Lau Yew took place at the beginning of the Malayan Emergency. British security forces clashed with those of the

Malayan Communist Party The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from ...

resulting in the death of one of their key leaders, Lau Yew. He had been betrayed by his own bodyguard. Six people were killed in the initial attack. Five Chinese women who had been captured by the British were then killed when 30 Communists counter-attacked.

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{{Communism in Malaysia Malayan Emergency Violent deaths in Malaysia 1948 in Malaya Kajang July 1948 events in Asia