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Liew Kon Kim was a communist and commander in the Malayan National Liberation Army who fought against the British during the Malayan Emergency. He was dubbed the "Bearded Terror" by the British.
His brother was also a guerrilla who contributed to attacks against British colonialists.
In July 1952 he was killed by the Suffolk Regiment and his corpse was publicly displayed in locations around British Malaya. He had been shot dead by British soldier Raymond Hands.
References
- Smith, I. C.; West, Nigel (2021-02-05). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-5381-3020-9.
- Hack, Karl (2021-12-16). The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-009-23414-6.
- Sioh, Maureen (2024-04-01). Colonial Trauma and Postcolonial Anxieties: The Haunted Choices of Economic Development. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-44026-2.
- Andrew, Christopher; Tobia, Simona (2014-04-29). Interrogation in War and Conflict: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Analysis. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-70345-6.
- "Raymond Hands". The Telegraph. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
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