67. Air Commodore Harveyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what casualties have been inflicted upon police and civilian population in Malaya by bandits; how many bandits have been killed during the last two months; and if he will make a statement on the situation in Malaya.
§ Mr. CookUp to 12th July, 764 police had been killed and 847 wounded by bandits since the beginning of the emergency. Civilian casualties were 1,592 killed, 969 wounded and 404 missing. In the same period 2,195 bandits were killed, 184 of them in the last two months. 1,300 bandits have been captured or have surrendered.
In spite of a marked increase in the rate of bandit casualties during 1951 the level of bandit activity is still high. Further stringent measures were taken in June with the object of denying food supplies to the bandits. It is too early to judge the effect of these measures but support for them among the Chinese population has been widespread. There has been a further increase in the amount of information received from the civilian population.