Hence we mobilized our forces, in addition to forces parading for the National Day celebrations. On our National Day, 9 August 1991, The Malaysian and the Indonesian armed forces held joint exercises at Kota Tinggi with parachute drops. Our founding prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew had this to say in Hard Truths: You could say that the timing of the exercise was a test of the leadership transition process from the Old Guards to the second-generation leadership. You could say the joint exercise between Malaysia and Indonesia was also a test of our response вЂ“ how prepared we were and how fast we could respond to a potential threat. And Singaporeans remained blissfully unaware. The nature of the joint exercise was provocative. Live mines were also planted around Singapore. Some soldiers were mobilized to sit along the edges of the Malaysian railway in Tanjong Pagar with live ammo. Armour and artillery assets were also deployed to staging areas. Live ammo and new weapons were distributed. Mindef responded with a massive mobilization that saw thousands of NS men called back. The joint exercise between Malaysia and Indonesia involved 300 paratroopers in the airborne assault in Kota Tinggi, Southern Johore. It was Mr Goh Chok TongвЂ™s first parade as Prime Minister. At that time, the baton had only recently been handed over by founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to Mr Goh Chok Tong.

Like the release of this current video, Pukul Habis was timed to take place on our National Day. Taking place just 20km away from Woodlands, it does not take much imagination to know which country the вЂneighbouring countryвЂ™ referred to. Darasa means air, sea and land.ДЄpparently, the whole purpose of that exercise was to test the cooperation and response between Malaysia and Indonesia in case a neighbouring country turned hostile. The official military exercise name was вЂњMalindo Darasa 3ABвЂќ. While the National Day celebration was taking place at the National Stadium, 20km away from Woodlands, a joint exercise was taking place between Malaysia and Indonesia.Д¬odenamed вЂњPukul HabisвЂќ, it means total wipeout in Malay. As we were celebrating, unknown to us, the Singapore army had also been mobilized that day on a very large scale against a potential threat to our security. On 9th August 1991, Singapore celebrated National Day at the National Stadium with great joy. This video reminds us of Pukul Habis which also took place on our National Day 30 years ago. The Commander says that the securing of the two crossing sites will allow Division forces to punch through to the centre of gravity of the enemy, and they must fight to the last drop of blood.

From this, it is quite obvious that the intended audience of this video is not the Malaysian soldiers but the вЂenemyвЂ™ they intend to destroy. Interestingly, the Commander speaks in English even though Malay is the national and working language in Malaysia. While Singapore was celebrating a belated National Day Parade yesterday, 21 August, the Malaysian army uploaded a video about a paratroop exercise to secure two crossing sites.

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