KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 – The Defence Advisor to the British High Commission in Malaysia, Colonel Paul Edwards, today extended his thanks to the Malaysian government and the people of the country for helping recover the remains of the victims aboard a RAF Dakota transport plane that crashed after more than 58 years.
“I wish to thank Army Chief Jen Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, the commander of the Eighth Infantry Brigade for the operational and logistics support of his troops, including from the 16th Royal Malay Regiment and the Orang Asli who played a key part in the search and recovery,” Edwards said in a statement here today.
On Nov 12, after 10 days of searching, a special team spearheaded by the Malaysian army came out from the jungles of Gua Musang with the skeletal remains of the Dakota’s crew and parts of the plane numbered KN 630.
“No doubt, British ministers and senior officers will also write their official thanks.
“But for now, I, as a British serviceman thank the Government of Malaysia for all the efforts and assistance in locating these remains, which will bring comfort to their relatives and enable us to re-bury them with the honour they deserve,” Edwards added.
The ill-fated plane piloted by Lt Edward Roberts was carrying 11 others, eight British and three Malaysians including a policeman, from Changi, Singapore via Kota Bharu for a target marking mission west of Gua Musang during the height the Emergency, aimed to assist bombers to locate the sites of terrorist camps when it crashed in inhospitable terrain in the dense jungles there. – Bernama
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Are there the one who sacrifice in the thick jungle? i dont think so, so why thanks to them? Only those who went in the jungle deserve the credit.