As we all know from our history books, Malaya suffered under the Japanese ... communist pro-independence fighters to overthrow the British colonial administration, the latter used herbicides ...

British lawyers and Malaysian politicians say a formal apology is morally sensible and would help the family members of victims to move on from their trauma.

"The lowering of the British flag marked the end of colonial rule in Penang ... was also where the colonists departed, leaving Malaya an independent nation. He added that on Sept 1, 1957 ...