Life as the River Flows Quotes

“My aunt was tapping rubber in our plantation one day. A traitor brought many British soldiers to our place. They found my aunt in the plantation. They demanded that she lead them to the guerrillas. My aunt, who knew where the guerrillas were, refused. She pretended that she did not know. However, the traitor knew very well that she knew. Consequently, the British shot her on the spot (From Luo Lan's account)”
― Agnes Khoo, Life As The River Flows: Women in the Malayan Anti-Colonial Struggle: An Oral History of Women from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore