Rebirth from Wounds: A Personal Narrative of the 513 Incident

"Reborn from Wounds: Personal Oral Narratives of the May 13 Incident" collects 19 stories from 26 people about the May 13 Incident. May 13 refers to the street violence that erupted in Malaysia three days after the third general election in 1969. Although the riots lasted only two weeks, they changed the lives of many and altered the course of the country's development.

The narrators include family members of the victims, firsthand accounts, and police officers. Half a century later, what trauma has this sudden disaster left in their hearts? How have they engaged in a lifelong internal dialogue with it? In a multiethnic society, how can we peacefully coexist and coexist? How can the path to post-traumatic reconciliation be initiated? This book not only attempts to document, but also hopes, through the narrators' repeated accounts, to make healing and dialogue possible.

Preface (I): "Let Us Tell Our Stories"—The Sad Secret of May 13th / Huang Jinshu Preface (II): Crazy Violence, the Fear of the Majority / Wei Yueping Introduction: Reflections on the May 13th Incident: Individual Narratives, the Politics of Memory, and the Ethics of Reconciliation / Fu Xianghong
Timeline of major events from 1957 to 1971 Compilation of road and place names in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Oral accounts by eyewitnesses/families of victims Appendix (Various document images/513 cemetery map/map list)