Testament
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Glossary
1. My Family: At the Dawn of the Twentieth 1 (5)
Century
2. Matang in the Folds of History 6 (5)
3. The Tiger Catcher and Crocodile Slayer 11 (9)
4. Kampung Boy: Blind Shamans and 'Feeding' 20 (6)
the Ghosts
5. Remaking Matang: Bound Feet and Rubber 26 (9)
Tappers
6. The Malays of Matang: Steeped in Tradition 35 (6)
7. Malay School Education (1916-20) 41 (8)
8. Circumcision Ceremony (1921) 49 (6)
9. King Edward VII School, Taiping (1921-28) 55 (7)
10. Outside School: Sheikh Hassan, 62 (10)
Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Feudalism
11. Leaving the Nest (1928-31) 72 (11)
12. Agricultural Assistant: Malay Poverty, 83 (13)
Ganja and Speed
13. Marital Bliss (1934): Mariah, My Teen Bride 96 (3)
14. Teaching at Serdang (1933-41) 99 (13)
15. Stoking the Nationalist Fire 112(6)
16. Early Politics: Nationalists of My Land, 118(7)
Unite
17. Political Conversations, Clandestine 125(10)
Meetings
18. KMM: The Young Malay Union (1938) 135(10)
19. The First Malay Nationalists 145(19)
20. Japanese Invasion: Ibrahim Yaakub's Secret 164(18)
Deal
21. The Japanese Reject Independence for Malaya 182(16)
22. Saving Three Malay Police Officers 198(10)
23. Singapore, February 1942: Saving Malay 208(18)
Soldiers and Freeing KMM Members from Prison
24. Saving More Lives: Courageous Fighting 226(18)
Malay Men
25. At KMM House: Allegations and Arrests 244(7)
26. Japanese 'Volunteer' Army (1943): Picked Up 251(8)
Again
27. Farming to Feed Hundreds (1943-45) 259(9)
28. KRIS (July-August 1945): Drafting a 268(19)
Constitution for an Independent Malaya
29. The Japanese Surrender (15 August 1945): 287(7)
Independence Cheated by 48 Hours
30. Arrest and Interrogation (1945): The 294(10)
Informer and the Bed Bugs
31. Batu Gajah Prison (1945-46) 304(14)
32. Arrested Again (1946) 318(11)
33. Touring with Dr Burhanuddin (Late 1946): 329(12)
The Malay Nationalist Party
34. PUTERA-AMCJA Conference (1947) 341(8)
35. Kuala Lumpur (1947-52): Continuing the 349(13)
Political Struggle
36. Hawking Food (1947-52): Ibrahim's Secret 362(9)
Note
37. Contesting the Post of UMNO President (1951) 371(7)
38. Back to Taiping (1952) 378(9)
39. UMNO Again (Taiping, June 1954): 387(6)
Independence in the Air
40. Rakyat Press (1957): Print Capitalism 393(6)
41. Postscript: Why I Penned These Memoirs 399(4)
Appendix 1: Signed Statement by Haji Ahmad bin 403(1)
Haji Mohammad Amin
Appendix 2: English Translation of Signed 404(1)
Letter by Raja Dato' Sri Ahmed Hisham bin Raja
Abdul Malik
Appendix 3: English Translation Signed 405(1)
Statement by Jalaluddin Abu Bakar; Fanner CID
Office, Malaya
Afterward Cries of a Tormented Soul by Cheah 406(4)
Boon Kheng
Afterward by William R. Roff 410(7)
Index 417
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