He heard voices from outside the house saying it was an emergency.He quickly stood up and ran to the front door.When he opened the door,he saw five men,around his age standing in front of him.They came with a news that Bukit Kepong Police Station,that was nearby to their village, Kampung Tui, was under attack by the Communists.Iskandar quickly turned around to go to his parents room to call his dad but his father was already up to checked what happened.
After explaining what happened,his dad asked him to go to Bukit Kepong as reinforcement since Iskandar is a part of the village's guard group.Iskandar went back inside his room to take his rifle and leave the house straight with the group that came earlier.
They then went to the village chief's house where they joined a bigger group of people consist of about 5 men.There,they were briefed by the village's chief,Ali Mustafa about the situation.Around 5.50 a,m,the group left the village on foot into the jungle towards Bukit Kepong.It was dark so Iskandar can't really see the jungle clearly but the moon shines bright so it helped the group to have a clear vision to move around in the jungle.There were no sign of trouble as they moved nearer towards Bukit Kepong but half a kilometre before they got to Bukit Kepong,they were ambushed by the Communists.The group quickly find shelters behind trees to protect them from being hit by the bullet.Iskandar tried to fight back by firing a few round from his rifle but it seemed like a wasted effort because the enemies are using automatic rifles,which successfully managed to hold the reinforcement.
The battle went on for almost an hour and the enemies didn't show any sign that they would stop raining the reinforcement with bullets.Half of the reinforcement are down,with most of them dead or severly injured.Just when the reinforcement thought that there will be no hope for them to continue any further,the enemy suddenly stops firing and starts retreating.The ray of sun are starting to shine.It was around 7 a.m in the morning.The group decided to continue their journey.
10 minutes later,they arrived in front of the gate of Bukit Kepong Police Station but there were no police station,just burnt structure.Smoke rise up from the burnt buildings.A few dead policemen can be seen lying on the ground.He realized that they were too late.The Communist had won this battle and as he stood there,he knows that what happened on that day would leave a mark on the history of this country.
