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They sacrificed their lives fighting for the independence of their country, but their stories remain untold for 60 years. The story begins with a man’s 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. It’s 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 Malaysia’s independence and decolonisation, but his and his comrades’ stories are excluded from history. This documentary set out to unveil the mysteries. Read More

Watch Absent without Leave online. Featuring , Absent without Leave is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK on 1 services such as DocAlliance Films. The movie was filmed in Taiwan and was released on 2016. Absent without Leave was directed by Kek-huat Lau. Read Less