Oleh: Cicit Hj Mohamad Perak
The incident occurred just after the Japanese were surrendered of the Second World War 1941-1945 ended. The actual year could not be furnished, because this incident was told by my late mother on one or two occasions only to me when I was around age of eight years.
There was a Chinese man who always went to Kampung Bekor buying and selling chickens. One morning he met my late grandfather, Kulop Hasnan. He reminded my grandfather to leave the village because the Chinese, most of them were MCP’s members in Manong were going to attack the village that night. At that time my grandfather was so weak because of having asthma.
My grandfather believed that. For the sake of the family, he brought my grandmother, untie, mother and uncle to run and stay deep in the jungle that night. Some relatives did not believed of what the friendly Chinese man had said. That night Kg Bekor was burnt, attacked aggressively and inhumanly by the Chinese who came from Manong. Almost all the Bekor folks died during the attack. Corpses were everywhere. One or two of my relatives who were in pregnant also been killed mercilessly.
My second uncle Mat Sibi’s house was put kerosene on the verandah and set fire by the Chinese. However, the fire could only burn the wood where the kerosene was sprayed on. The house and the verandah still could be seen today. The house is now inhabited by my second auntie who also I called Mak Yam, Mat Sibi’s sister.
The only descendants able to live till today were the people who able to run deep into the jungle that night included my grandfather’s family who had run earlier. If my grandfather did not adhered to the friendly Chinese man’s warning, myself would not be in the world today.
Some of the victims that still alive today, they are such as Mak Yam Mat Sibi, and few second unties of mine. To historian could collect or investigate this true story of the incident from them. Later my grandfather’s family floating downstream of the Perak River by using a ‘rakit’ until reached the left Perak River’s bank at Kampung Paloh, Layang-layang Kiri, Parit, Perak.
They then stayed there until my grandfather’s death. My grandmother died in 1978 at Bukit Kuantan, Pahang when followed my uncle as ‘Peneroka Felda’ there. Alhamdulillah, I am able retain a small plot of land inherited from my late mother near the corner to enter the ‘Logi Bekalan Air Dindings’.
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..my side of story about BEKOR:
First : Bukan PERANG BEKOR...Tapi PERISTIWA PEMBUNUHAN BERAMAI2 PENDUDUK BEKOR
salah seorang pemuda kg tersebut telah melakukan sesuatu kepada lelaki cina tersebut (saya lupa apa yg dia buat). Akibat tak puas hati, lelaki cina tu balik bgtau kwn2 dia..yang seterusnya datang balik utk menyerang seluruh penduduk Bekor(Pada masa tu isu perkauman sedang memuncak..). Para penyerang telah terlebih dahulu memusnahkan semua jambatan yg merentasi beberapa sungai utk ke Bekor melalui jalan darat. Selepas itu baru mereka menyerang Bekor. Akibat semua jambatan musnah, bantuan telah lewat tiba. Apabila sampai semuanya telah selesai, para penyerang telah meninggalkan tpt kejadian dan kemudian menyamarkan diri di kalangan masayarakat umum...meneruskan hidup, berkeluarga, beranak pinak..hinggalah ke hari ini..
..wallahua'lam...
..seingat saya, sewaktu cerita ni diperkisahkan kepada saya...tidak sekali pun saya dengar yg menyerang Bekor itu adalah Komunis...itu seingat sayalah...wallahua'lam.
My Opah told me that it happened somewhere in 47-48. During the Communist uprising. The Communist burned the entire village. It wasn't Perang Bekor. Some said it wasn't the Communist. But during that said period of time, most of the Chinese belonged to the MCP. My Opah lost her grandparents to that incident. She nearly lost her third sister who was being raised by her grandparents but a week before the incident, my great-grandfather (named Kulop Hassan) took her and brought her home to Parit, Perak.
That's our version of the story. And my Opah just told me last week. The incident and timing was verified by my dad who is a retired Army Colonel. Since he knows the dates and incidents of wars and attacks around Malaya from his studies.
my late father related the same story but referred to the 'incident' as 'Perang Bekor". The story related to me was that, as soon as news about the slaughter of kampong Bekor people reaches other areas, Malays from as far as Lempor Hilir where my grandfather lived, gathered in numbers to help the people in Bekor. However by the time they arrived (armed with parang panjang), many Malay Villagers were already slaughtered by the Chinese. The real reason for the incident? wallahuallam.
salam..tertarik dengan cerita awak,,saya pun cicit haji mak perak,mat sibi tu bapa saudara saya
salam,,agak tertarik dengan komen awak mengenai perang bekor,,saya pun cicit haji mat perak,mat sibi tu bapa saudara saya...
sy bukan org bekor juga bkn org perak, tp kisah tragedi Bekor ini menarik perhatian sy sejak dri zmn skolah lg apabila mmbcanya dlm Mjlh Perajurit,baru2 ini sy ada mmbaca tesis MA jbtn Sejarah UM mgenai kegiatan PKM di Pantai Remis-Beruas, ada disentuh sedikit mengenai peristiwa Bekor ini
pah saya ckap, bapak dia salah seorang dri mangsa serangan ne ...
Is Kulop Hasnan and Kulop Alang the same person?
arwah tok saya duduk chopin kiri..almost opposite dari bekor...saya pn membesar di sana, membesar dgn cerita ini...during that raid, die mude lagi,belum pn 30...puncanya perang bekor tu entah lah...perang jepun tu memang buat ramai chinese menderita, melayu tak kena seteruk dorg, kdg2 melayu di layan baik oleh jepun...double standard tu, buat chinese jelik dgn org melayu..after perang dunia ke2, tunggu mase je nk nyalakan konflik kaum...sikit punya hal pn buleh jadi besar...tok n opah cerita mcm mane sungai perak di penuhi mayat..org kg tolong kebumikan, dgn ape juga yg ade...daun pisang sebagai ganti kain kafan...mase tu baru lepas perang dunia,ekonomi terlalu teruk..mana mampu org kg nk beli kain kafan bnyk2...tok nk pegi join perang bile kerantung masjid kg bekor berbunyi...waktu tu setiap bunyi ade code die,termasuk bunyi utk perang....kayuh sampan,berlari.. tp bnyk rintangan utk smpi...bile sampai, hari dh nk siang...everything was too late...org kg keliling x mampu nk tlg ape dh...ramai chinese dh berundur...sebenarnya pekan lahat, ipoh x jauh pn, cuma di sebalik beberapa bukit je...kalau tgk google map, mgkin faham mcm mane chinese buleh ramai2 dtg ke kwsn melayu dan lesap dlm hanya satu malam...waktu tu tak di sebut pasal komunis yg serang,walaupun x mustahil komunis tu dalang sebenar merancang serangan tersebut...serangan tu dh di rancang lame...ade saksi melayu yg kerja di Lahat waktu tu,tempat buat bihun rasenye... diberitahu oleh cina yg baik dgn die ....die suruh berenti keje, pegi tempat lain..cina tu ckp camtu bile melayu tu terjumpa berguni2 parang & mcm2 senjata tajam belakang kedai..die tanya nk buat ape bnyk2 ni, cina tu x jawab..cume cina tu ckp kalo nk selamat, elok pegi tempat lain, cina semua nk pegi perang melayu...lebih kurang sebulan sebelum kejadian...waktu tu, mana boleh bawak senjata tajam sesuka hati...nk bawak 1 bilah keluar kg pn rasenye kena dpt kad approved dr polis...nk jual bnyk2, lg la...jadi melayu tu pn balik kg...terkejut dia bila dpt tahu yg di perang oleh cina tu selang beberapa kg dari kg die je...wallahua'lam...semoga roh puluhan penduduk, kalau tak cecah ratusan sekalipun..di cucuri rahmat...termasuk lah di ceritakn pasal ibu2 mengandung..kanak2 kecil...aminnn
Ada yang menyebutnya Perang Bekor. Kejadian berlaku pada 5 mac 1946. Ada banyak versi yang mencetus kepada kejadian ini. Dalam temu bual saya dengan beberapa orang kampung yang bertugas sebagai kakitangan kebersihan Sekolah Kebangsaan Bekor, di Bekor dulu ada pekan kecil tepi sungai dan ada peniaga cina yang berniaga di situ. Waktu pemerintahan 14 hari bintang tiga, sekolah tu jadi markas komunis ( kena semak semula samada MPAJA, Bintang 3, Bintang 5 pasal ada banyak kumpulan.)Kisahnya ada peniaga cina yang menjual daging tak halal menyebabkan orang melayu marah. Ada yang mengatakan orang melayu yang nakal telah mengusik anak dara cina dan sebaliknya. Tetapi yang paling kuat adalah sudah ada sentimen ketegangan antara kedua-dua bangsa ini sejak kedatangan Jepun. Umpama retak menanti belah. Kalau dikirakan tak banyak orang cina di Bekor tetapi penyerang yang datang malam itu, diceritakan datang dari laluan berbukit di sekitar Rimba Panjang di Sungai Siput, Pusing, Papan di Ipoh. Kata mereka, sebab itu selepas serangan penyerang-penyerang itu hilang begitu sahaja.
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