move was welcomed by families of the plantation workers who had died at Batang Kali. The British government had rejected calls for a public hearing, a decision that was upheld by the High Court in September 2012. In November 2015, the United Kingdom Supreme Court ruled that the British government was not obliged to hold a public inquiry into the 1940s killing by a British army patrol of 24 Malayan villagers even though it may have been a war crime, because the atrocity was committed too long ago. An appeal to the European Court of Human Rights failed when the case was ruled inadmissible on essentially the same grounds in October 2018. See also British war crimes Amritsar Massacre Bloody Sunday (1972) List of massacres in Malaysia Mỹ Trạch massacre References Further reading Short, Anthony. (2010, November). The Malayan Emergency and the Batang Kali Incident. Asian Affairs, 41:3, 337–354. Ward, Ian, and Norma Miraflor. (2009). Slaughter and Deception at Batang Kali. Singapore: Media Masters. External links Condemning Batang Kali Massacre Signature Campaign and Legal Action against the British Government Malaysian account of massacre A Scottish viewpoint Another Scottish viewpoint BBC Malaysia Correspondent's account Morning Star newspaper feature 'A murder revisited' 1948 in Malaya 20th-century history of the British Army Anti-communist terrorism December 1948 events in Asia History of Selangor Malayan Emergency Massacres committed by the United Kingdom Massacres in 1948 Massacres in Malaysia Military scandals Massacres of men Scots Guards Violence against men in Asia