File:Malayan Emergency Iban headhunter.jpg

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An Iban headhunter in Malaya prepares a human scalp above a container of human body parts.

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English: An Iban headhunter in Malaya prepares a human scalp above a container of human body parts. The British allowed Iban headhunters to keep the scalps of pro-independence fighters as a way of encouraging them to fight. On the 7 May 1952 this image was sent by communist activists to British politicians in an attempt to expose British atrocities during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). This image was then first published on the 10 May 1952, by the Daily Worker (Morning Star), a British communist newspaper.
Date Unknown date. Earliest known copy dates to 7 May 1952.
Source "Communist propaganda in Malaya: identification of terrorists. Includes 3 photographs depicting: Malaya: British soldier holding decapitated heads of two guerillas; Dyak headhunter wearing beret and badge of Royal Marine Commandos carrying cleaned out scalp of guerilla. Dated 1952." UK National Archives. Kew Gardens. Reference: CO 1022/45
Author Anonymous photographer

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