GEORGE TOWN: His mission was to lay an ambush on the communists in the Ulu Sungai Seraya waterfall area in Gubir, Kedah.
As the second lieutenant commanding a fully armed platoon, Mejar Lee Hock Sun led the battle against the communists in operation codenamed Ops Gubir 11.Lee, 68, lost his left leg below the knee, having stepped onto a landmine near the Malaysia-Thai border during the second communist insurgency from 1968 to 1989.“I was flung into the air and lost my weapon due to the explosion.
Despite bleeding profusely, Lee said he still had to tell his men to stay calm and alert for fear of being ambushed by the communists.“There was a possibility of other landmines planted in the area.“A helicopter was then called in to airlift me back for medical assistance,” said Lee, who retired in 2004.
Those present sang Negaraku to kick-start the ceremony before observing two minutes of silence – one minute for those who had fallen and one minute for those who returned.
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