dream, saying, "I hope to complete my movie on the historical events that happened in Pasir Salak before I die." Malaysian director Mamat Khalid, who was also from Perak, commented in December 2016 that after 18 years of preparation, his film about Birch, Pasir Salak Pasir Berdarah (The Sand of Pasir Salak is the Sand of Blood) would soon enter production. At the time of Mamat Khalid's death in 2021, the film was unfinished but the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia announced that it would support the completion of the film. See also Corresp: Actions of Perak Expeditionary Force post-murder of Birch References External links Death on the Perak River – The assassination of J W W Birch* WorldStatesmen – Malaysia Education Malaysia – Rewriting our history History of Malaysia, a tale of Tussels, Tin and Tolerance 1826 births 1875 deaths History of Perak Administrators in British Malaya Assassinated British people British people murdered abroad People murdered in Malaysia Assassinated Malaysian politicians Chief Secretaries of Singapore Administrators in British Singapore 1875 murders in Asia