Leon Comber

Dr Leon Comber is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at ISEAS (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies), Singapore. He has lived in Southeast Asia for many years, and has written extensively about Singapore and Malaysia. Among his publications are 13 May 1969: The Darkest Day in Malaysian History; Through the Bamboo Window: Chinese Life and Culture in 1950s Malaya & Singapore; The Triads: Chinese Secret Societies in 1950s Malaya & Singapore; and Malaya’s Secret Police 1945-1960: The Role of the Special Branch in the Malayan Emergency