Bukit Kepong incident

Bukit Kepong Incident
Part of the Malayan Emergency
Bukit Kepong
Bukit Kepong incident (Peninsular Malaysia)
Bukit Kepong incident (Johor)
Date23 February 1950
Location
Bukit Kepong, Muar, Johore
Result
  • Communist insurgents succeeded in defeating the police in Bukit Kepong but suffered heavy losses
  • Execution of Mat Indera on 30 January 1953
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Sgt. Jamil Mohd Shah † (Bukit Kepong police chief)
Ali Mustapha (Chief of Bukit Kepong village)		 Mat Indera 
Strength
25 Police officers 180 Insurgents  
Casualties and losses
14 officers killed
5 auxiliary police killed
4 officers wounded
Total:
23 casualties		 40 killed
  • Civilian casualties
  • 2 killed

The Bukit Kepong incident was an armed encounter in 1950 during the Malayan Emergency between the Federation of Malaya Police and the guerrillas of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). This conflict took place in an area surrounding the Bukit Kepong police station in Bukit Kepong. The wooden station was located on the river banks of the Muar River, about 59 km from Muar town, Johor.

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