| Fourteen Days' War Perang 14 Hari | |
| Location: | Peninsular Malaysia |
| Date: | August 1945 |
| Partof: | the aftermath of World War II |
| Target: | Pro-Japanese Malays and Indians, pro-Kuomintang Chinese |
| Type: | Mass killings |
| Fatalities: | 5,000–10,000 Malaysian killed[1] |
| Perpetrators: | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army |
| Motive: | Revenge on Malayan collaborators with Imperial Japan and Chinese nationalists |
The Fourteen Days' War (ms|Perang 14 Hari), also known as the Parang Panjang War (ms|Perang Parang Panjang), refers to the violent persecution by the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) of Malays and Indians who had supported the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Chinese supporters of the Kuomintang in August 1945. The violence lasted up to 14 days in such places like Batu Pahat, Kuala Kangsar, Teluk Intan and others.[2]
In his 1982 book 25 Years of Independence, Abdul Samad Idris attributes the events of the Fourteen Days' War to the MPAJA's distrust of the Malay population, which was deliberately inflated by the communists.
During the 14 days of violence, the MPAJA went on a brutal rampage, massacring Malays, Indians and Chinese across Malaya whom they claimed to have worked for the Japanese secret police.[3] [4] [5] Malayans who had collaborated with Imperial Japan had to protect themselves so they wouldn't get killed.[6] [7]
“They took revenge without being humane even though the Malays who were killed were their neighbors. Among these incidents, MPAJA fighters tortured Malays because their dogs were killed.”[8]
After the 14 days, the British reasserted control over Malaya and ordered the MPAJA insurgents to hand in their weapons to the British Military Administration.[9]