Is it true that the famous Gunung Datok has been commercially exploited (Editor: exploited, not conquered or ‘kongkek’) by the operator of the highly acclaimed Lost World of Tambun theme park?
Is it true that the famous Datoh of Kinta, also known as "Datoh Hilang di Jalan", and his companion, "Puteri Bendang Ayer Hangat", are enjoying their afterlife in the spiritual realm, perhaps even at the Lost World of Tambun theme park?
Gunung Datok according to Sunway City Ipoh
“Alongside one part of the lake there was a limestone outcrop, rather like a small mountain, which was over 400 million years old. The villagers called it Gunung Datok, the Old Mountain. It was a mountain of solid rock that stood there, thrusting its way up out of the jungle.”1
Whoever was behind the book titled 'The 7 Wonders of Tambun' clearly believed that Gunung Datok is the massive limestone outcrop currently located within the enclosed grounds of their Lost World of Adventure Park attraction.2
“Gunung Datok was hollow, inside the mountain there was a huge cave, called Gua Datok, the Old Cave. The ceiling of this cavernous wonder rose more than one hundred metres above its floor.”3
The operator of Lost World of Tambun theme park has long commercialized a huge cave, which they called Gua Datok. It was actually one of their earliest major attractions.4 Currently, it has become an integral part of their Lost World Adventure Park, which provides a number of interesting outdoor activities.5
Gua Datok, communist hideout
I believe the massive cave they identified as Gua Datok is unrelated to the local legend, and I will discuss this further below.
Gua Datok, as they call it, has a dark past. Long ago, it served as a convenient hideout for communist insurgents.6 It's possible this is the very cave where the notorious Rashid Maidin and other communists sheltered after relocating to Ulu Kinta.7
The real Gunung Datok at Tambun
I honestly do not know who the author of that peculiar book titled “The 7 Wonders of Tambun” was. I honestly do not know because the information has never been provided in the first place. Whoever they were, the author could very well be delusional, for they have totally ignored local history (including Kulup Lembang’s) and geographical features. Only a delusional individual, perhaps even mentally deranged, would have the audacity to rewrite established local history and geographical features at their whim and fancy.
The limestone outcrop they believed to be Gunung Datok is actually Gunung Ayer Hangat8 and I hope the operator of the Lost World of Tambun theme park will rectify this outrageous error one day. The Ayer Hangat hot spring at Tambun, as it was once known, is located near Gunung Ayer Hangat, and that is how the large limestone outcrop got its name.
“Hubback advises that leopards and tigers, though fairly numerous, were less easy to hunt in the dense jungles. Instead elephants, seladang and rhinoceros made for better targets. Though Hubback advocates hunting to attract the Western traveller, he was a strong conserver of wild life in Malaya.”9
Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin shared a similar love for big game hunting with Sir Frederick Weld, and in July 1882, the former promised the latter a glorious rhinoceros hunt near the Tambun hot springs for his next visit to Kinta.10
The real Gunung Datok is actually located just south of Gunung Ayer Hangat11, about 1.6 km to the east-southeast of Lot 37900, a parcel of agricultural land that was valued at a whopping RM1.36 million in 2020.
Local legend of “Datoh hilang dalam jalan”
Gunung Datok got its name from a bizarre legend regarding the mysterious disappearance of Toh Panglima Ghapar of Kinta.12 Gapar, also known as To’ Ngah Gapar (Toh Panglima Ghapar), was the territorial chief of Kinta a long time ago, a predecessor of Panglima Kinta Ngah Sudin.13 In another version of the same legend put forward by A. Talib bin Haji Ahmad, “Datoh hilang dalam jalan” is also known as “Dato’ hilang di jalan” or Dato Ngah Abdul Raffar.14
Kulup Lembang’s maiden arrival at Rotan Segar
“KULUB LEMBONG, when he first went to Rotan Seger, one night heard this elephant passing and the gambala singing as he went, the next morning he saw the footprints close to his hut; the rice-fields of Rotan Seger have since been noted as the most fertile in Kinta.”15
Descendants of the mysterious man known today as Kulup Lembang can finally learn something about their common ancestor. Abraham Hale, who did a wonderful job detailing the legend of "Datoh hilang dalam jalan," also revealed that Kulup Lembang, at one point in his mysterious life, heard and saw traces of the elephant belonging to "Dato hilang dijalan." This occurred during Kulup Lembang’s first visit to what was once known as Rotan Segar (present-day Pusat Latihan Askar Wataniah, Syed Putra Camp, Taman Kaya, Taman Kemuncak, and Taman Perak).16
Dualim was the Dato’s elephant mahout, and since Dualim passed away when the Europeans began to appear in Kinta17, Kulup Lembang’s brief encounter with the legend discussed here today must have happened in the 1870s. What was once known as Rotan Segar is only 2 kilometers west of the present-day township of Tambun. It is highly likely that Kulup Lembang first reached Tambun sometime in the 1870s as well.
“He had considerable difficulty in moving to Kinta, owing to the badness of the track ; but on the 17th succeeded in reaching it, and having shelled and fired rockets into Kinta for some time, the chief town of Perak fell into our hands. All the houses on the right bank of the river were burnt, and our force encamped for the night.”18
The mysterious Kulup Lembang's maiden arrival to Rotan Segar (and, of course, possibly Tambun) seems to coincide with Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin's migration to what was once known as Tg. Rangkong after the conclusion of the Perak War. As for the Panglima Kinta, he had no choice but to move out of Kinta (Pengkalan Pegoh) since General Colborne's troops had either destroyed or burned down many dwellings in and around the area during the Perak War.
Sultan Ismail’s new village also happened to be located at Pengkalan Pegoh and this was where Birch met the former, Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin and Toh Nara (Toh Seri Nara Diraja) on May 3rd, 1875.19
Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin built a house for one of his wives at Kampung Tanjung Rangkong, about 4.9 kilometers northwest of Tambun. He must have built a few more for his other wives somewhere nearby. Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin’s presence in this part of Kinta is well documented, but I have noticed that many do not know that he was deposed from the office of Panglima Kinta by the British. Many did not know that Zainal Abidin was already an ex-Panglima Kinta and ex-Datoh of Kinta when he met an arrogant Frenchman on August 2, 1884, at Kelian Kindin (somewhere between present-day Changkat Kinding and Tanjung Rambutan). To make matters worse, the poor ex-Panglima Kinta and ex-Datoh of Kinta was even verbally insulted and publicly humiliated by the same arrogant Frenchman!20
By the way, those are just a few of the striking similarities between ex-Panglima Kinta Zainal Abidin and a mysterious ex-Datoh who hid behind the alias we all know today as Kulup Lembang.
Great grandfather of Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim?
I have always wanted to address a few elephants in the room regarding Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim and today feels like a good day to do so.
“The Mantri himself was not a pure Malay ; he was partly Indian, and the Indian blood gave him a shrewdness and business capacity foreign to Malays.”21
To this very day, I still do not understand why Sir Frank Swettenham believed that Menteri Ngah Ibrahim was partly Indian. It is indeed quite bizarre but I don’t think Swettenham was fooling around. He only wanted to share what he had seen and observed in his long years of service in our part of the world. Only time will tell if we will ever truly understand this strange bit of description regarding Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim.
“When Mr. A. Hale was stationed in Kinta in the eighties he made a very full pedigree of the two families of the Kinta succession; and although it would be useless to give all the ramifications of the genealogies, the following tables will show how the Muntri’s mother, who was not related to either Yusuf or Wahab, was nevertheless the granddaughter of a Dato’ Panglima Kinta.”22
Younger generations today are totally oblivious to the fact that Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim had Kinta roots. I first heard about it when I was much younger, but I didn't give it much thought until I stumbled upon the hidden truth regarding Kulup Lembang, and of course, the tantalizing history of Tambun. It turns out that people have been talking about Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s Kinta connections as early as 1872!
“Enche Long Ja’far, the father of Enche Ngah Ibrahim, was a son of the Dato’ Panglima Kinta, according to what I was told by Perak people. I do not know whether this was the present Dato’ Panglima Kinta or the former one, for my investigations did not extend that far.”23
During a visit to Larut in 1872, Munshi Mohamed Ibrahim had the opportunity to meet and observe Menteri Ngah Ibrahim.24 It appears that Perakians at the time believed Long Ja’far was the son of a Dato Panglima Kinta, though the Munshi was unable to identify him. The Munshi noted that Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s mother, Ngah Pura, was the daughter of Panglima Bukit Gantang.25
I noticed that Munshi Mohamed Ibrahim did not mention anything about the legend of “Datoh hilang dalam jalan” or “Datoh hilang di jalan,” even though the legend is supposed to be connected to both Long Jaafar and Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim. This raises the possibility that the legend was a later invention, perhaps created after the conclusion of the Perak War.
“Ada pun Che Long Ja’afar ini satelah ia beristerikan anak Dato’ Panglima Kinta yang bernama Ngah Pura, maka soal kehidupan yang chara melemoyankan memaksa Che Long Ja’afar dengan kawan2-nya merantau ka-Larut dengan tujuan menchari bijeh sebagai mana yang ada di-Kinta.”26
"Riwayat Kinta", in my honest opinion, is a controversial and questionable little booklet regarding the history of Kinta. It was published in 1959, and its author identified Ngah Pura as the daughter of an unnamed Panglima Kinta.
It doesn’t look good, but it is actually quite common to stumble upon conflicting or contradictory information whenever people research their ancestral history. Just look at the conflicting details surrounding Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim!
Descendants of the mysterious ex-Datoh who hid behind the alias we all know today as Kulup Lembang will also face the same problem if they wish to dig into the history of their common ancestor in the near future.
As for Menteri Ngah Ibrahim, one thing is very clear amidst all these conflicting bits and pieces of information. His Kinta connections are obvious for everyone to see, and I’m more inclined to believe that the connections are through his mother since:
Birch himself found out that Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s mother had been residing at Kinta.27
Hugh Low also discovered that Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s mother often left the Menteri’s adopted daughter under the care of Anda Tija (Andak Tijah), at Kinta, whenever she went to Singapore or anywhere else for that matter.28
Despite my inclination, I do wonder why nobody talks about the legend of “Datoh hilang dalam jalan” or “Datoh hilang di jalan” before the Perak War. There is something not quite right about it, and believe me when I say that this is just the tip of the mysterious old Tambun iceberg.
Did Che Abdul Karim of Selama ever make it to Tambun?
“Meanwhile, Abdul Karim, the owner of the Salamah mines, offered him 800 “good fighting men,” asking only in return a hundred muskets and an understanding on the subject of “loot.” (146).”29
Abdul Karim bin Ibrahim (also known as Abdul Karim bin Raja Aman Shah) was a Rao30 immigrant from Sumatra who became quite famous because of his clerical services to Long Jaafar and Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim during the heyday of tin mining in Larut. He later sought a better pasture in Selama sometime in February 1874 and to this day, he is well known as the pioneer of Selama.31
Che Abdul Karim had a son named Che Mohamed Kahar who became a member of the Selama Sanitary Board for the year 1935.32 Mohamad Kahar (sometimes spelled as Mohd Kahar) was also the grandfather of Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, the famous Iron Lady of Malaysia.33
As clerk to not just Long Jaafar but also Menteri Ngah Ibrahim, Che Abdul Karim of Selama was certainly very well positioned, and he would have been privy to many secrets and juicy details regarding Larut and, of course, Kinta. In my past travels, some folks over at Gopeng disclosed that Che Abdul Karim apparently kept one of his wives at Gopeng, and their descendants are still there today.
Now that I know the significance of Tambun to Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s hidden past, I can hardly be blamed for pondering the possibility that Che Abdul Karim made it to Tambun a long time ago. It is an interesting question, isn't it?
Mohamed Kassim was the alias used by Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s wife?
Back on August 5, 2016, a bizarre comment was quietly left by a reader of a blog maintained by a descendant of Laksamana Mohamed Amin. It claimed that Adika Raja Haji Meor Yahya became Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s son-in-law after marrying Fatimah binti Mohamed Kassim. The Adika Raja and Fatimah were childless, but they adopted Hajjah Halimah binti Abdullah and treated her like their own daughter. It boggles the mind when it is also claimed that Mohamed Kassim was a secret shell, a secret alias used by Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s wife to escape persecution after the Menteri was banished and exiled to the Seychelles.34
Wow! One could hardly be blamed for dismissing such claims as preposterous!
I, on the other hand, have heard plenty of outrageous claims in the past, and many of them turned out to be true. I'm not going to dismiss these claims just yet. You'll understand why shortly.
For the record, Fatimah binti Mohamed Kassim died in 1942 and was interred in burial plot number 62 (Zone C) at the Masjid Paloh burial ground, alongside several other children of Mohamed Kassim. Interestingly, the late Raja Dato Haji Ahmad happened to be the nephew of Adika Raja Haji Meor Yahya and upon his death, the former was also interred at the same Masjid Paloh burial ground, in burial plot number 43 (Zone C).35
Hajjah Halimah binti Abdullah had a daughter who married a man who later became the 3rd Menteri Besar of Perak. That man was Dato' Seri Haji Ahmad bin Said.36 The present-day Kampung Melayu Batu 8 in Ulu Kinta was originally known as Kampung Dato' Ahmad Said, named after the Menteri Besar.37 Interestingly, his grandson later became a prominent member of the Tambun UMNO division.38
The 3rd Perak Menteri Besar was involved in a shocking case that was heard at the High Court presided over by a High Court Judge back in 1970. The High Court Judge happened to be the late Sultan of Perak.39 Looking back at the case and those involved in the hearing, I have to admit that it is indeed a small world, for he was the same late Sultan of Perak who had written a breathtaking dedication page for that controversial book titled “The 7 Wonders of Tambun”.40
Talking about the late Sultan of Perak, I just remembered something interesting. Toh Sedewa Raja Dato Tak apparently had a daughter who was a well-known Taiping municipal councillor and Wanita chief of the UMNO Taiping division.41 She was also married into the Orang Kaya Klang family. That same family of Klang aristocrats, interestingly enough, was also connected by marriage to Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s son.
From the bustling streets of Taiping to the tranquil landscapes of Tambun, Menteri Ngah Ibrahim’s inexplicable connections can be found for those who look closely.
Descendants of Menteri Ngah Ibrahim and their property development endeavours in and around Tambun
If descendants of Kulup Lembang are still sceptical and doubtful about the connections between Tambun and Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim, this particular revelation will certainly blow their minds. I will, however, only briefly touch the surface for this time around. I'm sure they can find out more on their own. Should they get overwhelmed with shock later on, please do not jump off any famous Kinta cliff!
A few descendants of Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim have long been connected to a number of property development projects in Tambun, Chemor, Kampung Bercham, Klebang, Meru and a few other locations here in Ipoh. Such development projects were carried out by their subsidiary companies such as Zaman Teladan Sdn Bhd and Edaran Intan Sdn Bhd.
Taman Bercham Raya, Taman Bercham Jaya and Taman UK Raya are just a few examples that can be named for now.42 Such projects gained national attention especially after the second phase of one of the projects was launched by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad himself back in 1999.43
Is it just a coincidence that a number of property development projects in and around Tambun are connected to a few descendants of Menteri Ngah Ibrahim?
The last elephant in the room
The last and biggest elephant in the room is Kulup Lembang himself. Descendants of the mysterious man who hid behind the alias we all know today as Kulup Lembang will sooner or later have to face the following questions:
Why did he choose to raise several of his families at the foot of Gunung Datok?
Why did he choose to settle in Tambun?
Can these strange circumstances help his descendants identify who their common ancestor really was?
1Sunway City Ipoh, The 7 Wonders of Tambun (Ipoh: Sunway City Ipoh, 2010), 107.
2Sunway Lost World Water Park Sdn. Bhd., Lost World of Tambun Park Map, Map, Not to scale (Lost World of Tambun Theme Park: Sunway Lost World Water Park Sdn. Bhd., February 2024), https://sunwaylostworldoftambun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/LWOT_Park-Map_FEB2024-scaled.jpg.
3Sunway City Ipoh, The 7 Wonders of Tambun, 107.
4Sunway City Ipoh, 9.
5Sunway Lost World Of Tambun, “Lost World Adventure Park,” Website, Sunway Lost World Of Tambun - Theme Park, Hotel and Spa, 2024, https://sunwaylostworldoftambun.com/lost-world-adventure-park-2/.
6Tourism Perak Malaysia, “Gua Datok,” Website, Tourism Perak Malaysia, December 20, 2021, https://www.tourismperakmalaysia.com/gua-datok/.
7Rashid Maidin, The Memoirs of Rashid Maidin: From Armed Struggle to Peace (Petaling Jaya: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2009), 58.
8PeakVisor, “Gunung Ayer Hangat,” Website, PeakVisor, accessed December 22, 2024, https://peakvisor.com/peak/gunung-ayer-hangat.html.
9Bonny Tan, “Early Tourist Guidebooks: The Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States,” Website, BiblioAsia, December 27, 2024, https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-6/issue-2/jul-2010/illustrated-early-tourist-guidebook/.
10The Mercury Supplement, “SIR FREDERICK WELD’S JUNGLE TOURS,” The Mercury Supplement, October 21, 1882, 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9018429.
11Federated Malay States. Survey Department, [Malaya 1:63,360] / F.M.S. Surveys, Map, 1:63,360 (Kuala Lumpur: F.M.S. Survey, 1925-1938, 1933), https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233690967.
12Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, “Notes and Queries,” ed. William Edward Maxwell Sir, Singapore: Government Printing Office 1–4 (1887 1885): 81–83.
13R. J. Wilkinson, Papers on Malay Subjects: History, Part IV. Council Minutes, Perak. 1880-1882 (Kuala Lumpur: J. Russell at F.M.S. Govt. Press, 1909), app. A.
14Abdul Talib bin Haji Ahmad, Riwayat Kinta (Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Rusna, 1959), 18–19.
15Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, “Notes and Queries,” 83.
16Federated Malay States. Survey Department, “[Malaya 1:63,360] / F.M.S. Surveys.”
17Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, “Notes and Queries,” 83.
18Major Henry Meredith Vibart, The Military History of the Madras Engineers and Pioneers, from 1743 up to the Present Time, vol. II (London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1883), 481, https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7723.
19J. W. W. Birch (James Wheeler Woodford), The Journals of J. W. W. Birch : First British Resident to Perak, 1874-1875 / Edited and Introduced by P.L. Burns., ed. Peter Laurie Burns (Kuala Lumpur ; London : Oxford University Press, 1976), 264–66.
20Andrée Jaunay, Jacques de Morgan’s Explorations in the Malay Peninsula, 1884 / Andrée Jaunay, with Contributions by Christine Lorre, Antonio J. Guerreiro, Antoine Verney ; Preface by Genevieve Dollfus ; Foreword by Christian Pelras ; Translated by Allison Calla, Mary De (Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2020), 30–31; Federated Malay States. Survey Department, “[Malaya 1:63,360] / F.M.S. Surveys.”
21Frank Athelstane Sir Swettenham, British Malaya; an Account of the Origin and Progress of British Influence in Malaya (London, New York: J. Lane, 1907), 123, https://archive.org/details/britishmalayaacc00swet/.
22Wilkinson, Papers on Malay Subjects: History, Part IV. Council Minutes, Perak. 1880-1882, app. A.
23Mohamed Ibrahim, Munshi, The Voyages of Mohamed Ibrahim Munshi (Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1975), 123.
24Mohamed Ibrahim, Munshi, 57.
25Mohamed Ibrahim, Munshi, 123.
26Ahmad, Riwayat Kinta, 33.
27Woodford), The Journals of J. W. W. Birch : First British Resident to Perak, 1874-1875 / Edited and Introduced by P.L. Burns., 202.
28“PERAK,” The Straits Times, August 18, 1877, 1, https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes18770818-1.2.6.
29Peter Benson Maxwell, Our Malay Conquests (Westminster: P.S. King, 1878), 61, https://books.google.com.my/books/about/Our_Malay_Conquests.html?id=zEbtmAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y.
30Fauziah Fathil, Wan Suhana Wan Sulong, and Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf, “Rawa migration to the Malay Peninsula in the 19th century: The case of Pahang, Perak and Selangor,” Al-Shajarah, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization of The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), 2018, 39.
31Hugh Low and Emily Sadka, “The Journal of Sir Hugh Low, Perak, 1877,” Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 27 Pt. 4 (No. 168) (1955): 50.
32Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, “Social & Personal,” Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, April 3, 1935, 13, https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19350403-1.2.89.
33Zabidin Haji Ismail, “TAN SRI RAFIDAH AZIZ: anak jati Rao yang berjaya,” Blog, TOKOH RAO (blog), May 6, 2011, http://tokohrao.blogspot.com/2011/05/tan-sri-rafidah-aziz-anak-jati-rao-yang.html; Zhou Mei, Rafidah Aziz: Sans Malice (Singapore: YuYue Enterprise, 1997), 3.
34Radzi Sapiee, “Di Lenggong menjejaki warisan anak cucu Tun Saban...,” Blog, Catatan Si Merah Silu (blog), March 11, 2008, http://merahsilu.blogspot.com/2008/03/di-lenggong-menjejaki-warisan-anak-cucu.html?showComment=1470401970346#c834171555686331744.
35AJK Masjid Paloh, “Masjid Paloh Burial Registry” (Masjid Paloh, June 28, 2015), 1.
36Kamaruddin Yaakob, Riwayat hidup Menteri Besar-Menteri Besar Perak Darul Ridzuan (Ipoh: Yayasan Perak, 1988), 50.
37Eypoh Family Fan Club, “Sejarah Tambun Perak,” Social Media, Facebook, March 2, 2016, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1270882169607826&set=a.593295804033136&__tn__=%2CO*F.
38“Iqbal Dinzly,” Facebook, accessed February 26, 2024, https://www.facebook.com/SuperDinzly.
39Berita Harian, “Arahan ‘rampas harta MB,’” Berita Harian, March 18, 1970, 1, https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19700318-1.2.3.
40Sunway City Ipoh, The 7 Wonders of Tambun, Dedication page.
41New Straits Times, “22 Stay on as Taiping Councillors,” New Straits Times, January 3, 1992, Malaysia edition, 4, https://books.google.com.my/books?id=yYJUAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=taksiah%20tak&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=taksiah%20tak&f=false.
42New Straits Times, “Emkay to Create 4,300 Jobs with Ulu Kinta Projects,” New Straits Times, August 2, 1999, 21, https://books.google.com.my/books?id=FvdOAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=%22bercham%20raya%22&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q=%22bercham%20raya%22&f=false; Mimi Syed Yusof, “Low-Cost Home Project in Perak Kicks Off,” New Straits Times, April 24, 1999, 19, https://books.google.com.my/books?id=WPxOAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=%22bercham%20jaya%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=%22bercham%20jaya%22&f=false.
43BERNAMA, “Emkay to Seek Listing through Reverse Takeover,” New Straits Times, August 4, 1999, 19, https://books.google.com.my/books?id=HqNOAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=%22bercham%20raya%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=%22bercham%20raya%22&f=false.
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