Absent without Leave

They sacrificed their lives fighting for the independence of their country but their stories remain untold for 60 years The story begins with a mans portrait which has been hanging for more than 30 years in an old wooden house where I was born and grew up in Perak Malaysia Its long become a taboo that my families do not talk about this man not even to bring up his name or his past Eventually I found out he is my grandfather who sacrificed his life fighting for Malaysias independence and decolonisation but his and his comrades stories are excluded from history This documentary set out to unveil the mysteries