The Big Durian

On the night of 18 October, 1987, a soldier went on a murderous amok with an M16 in the area of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Nine days later marked the start of an infamous Internal Security Act clampdown, „Operation Lalang.“ The subsequent months also saw a certain shift in the Malaysian public‘s perceptions of the police, media, judiciary, royalty and political process. Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? The Big Durian speaks to several Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.

Amir Muhammad is an independent writer and filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur. He has a law degree but does not use it. In 2000 he wrote and directed Malaysia‘s first DV feature, Lips to Lips. In 2002 he made six short videos (shown collectively as 6horts); two of these shorts have won awards at the Singapore International Film Festival. The Big Durian is his second feature. He spent the second half of 2003 shooting his third feature in Japan under a grant from The Nippon Foundation. He has been writing for the Malaysian print media since the age of 14.

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