the area, two more communists were arrested by police in front of the Grand cinema in the nearby town of Mentakab on November 7 that year. In 1978, police found that Pang Kuan had returned to Karak with seven fighters in January, and was even visited by Chong Chor, the commander of the Malayan Communist Party's 6th Assault Unit in Pahang, during the March–April period that year, who was there in an effort to increase the communist presence in the area. Police then launched their fourth and last operation in Karak known as Operation Kelong IV, killing a fighter on April 17 and coming across a nearby camp capable of housing 20 to 30 people the next day. It was found to have been vacated for a period of six to eight months, though authorities found a weapons cache of 29 grenades, ammunition and explosive materials. Patrols in the coming days also saw another two fighters shot dead by security forces in two separate firefights. Authorities suffered no casualties during Operation Kelong IV except for a policeman suffering after stepping on a jungle snare. The operation ended on May 25 after no more fighters were found in the area, with security forces arresting 18 MNLA fighters and killing another three. On to Independence and after The town began to see more instances of development as the Emergency began to wind down in much of the country, with the opening of a court in the town 1953 to deal with crime, adding it to a list of seven courts already set up in the state's western region at the time. A country club was also launched a year later, and was opened by the-then Pahang Sultan Abu Bakar. In 1955, the town saw an outbreak of swine fever, causing the deaths of 120 pigs there. Authorities found that the pathogen was brought in by pigs smuggled in from Siam that were sold by black market dealers in the Bentong area. The disease then spread to Mentakab, where 20 pigs also died. The years that followed after Malaya's independence in 1957 saw steady development in and around the town, with the building of a cinema in 1961, two community halls and a national school that could cater for 200 students in 1962. A government clinic with dental services was later built in 1963, with one of seven Korean doctors under a three-year