In 1969, the Malaysian government responded to the Communist resurgence by establishing its own special forces: VAT 69, which was modeled after the British Special Air Service (SAS).
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Following the departure of the British SAS team, a training detachment from the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) took over the training programme and trained another 208 men.
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