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English: This photograph depicts an inaugural meeting of a co-operative society formed by ethnic Chinese-Malay squatters who were forcibly relocated by the British as part of the Briggs' Plan, a counterinsurgency strategy used by Britain to defeat communist rebels by separating them from the civilian population.

With the squatters are officials from the Federal Department of Co-operative Societies, welfare workers and police officers.

The original photograph is made of cellulose acetate and is held by the UK Imperial War Museum, Catalogue number GOV 3821.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph GOV 3821 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Malayan Department of Information official photographer

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Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1975; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1975.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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The inaugural meeting of a co-operative society formed by Chinese civilians who had been resettled on new land. With them are officials from the Federal Department of Co-operative Societies, welfare workers and police officers.

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1950

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