§ Mr. MOLTENOasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any official information with reference to an attack upon and robbery of a planter by a band of armed robbers in the Federated Malay States which resulted in the death of the planter; whether he can throw any light upon the insecurity to life in these States disclosed by this murderous robbery; and what steps, if any, are being taken to put an end to this state of affairs?
Mr. HARCOURTI presume the hon. Member refers to the murder of a planter in Johore recently reported in the Press. I have no official information in regard to the incident which did not occur in the Federated Malay States. I am wholly unable to accept the suggestion that life in these States is insecure.