Like many young men in his unit, Emin Madi burned with the desire to protect a fledgling Malaysian nation when he enlisted in the 3rd Battalion Malaysian Rangers in 1965.
Malaysia came into being in only 26 months, from the time Malaya’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj broached the Malaysia Concept on May 27, 1961 in Singapore to its fruition on Sept 16, 1963.