He was sacked by the Colonial Office and recalled to London on 29 June 1948 at the onset of the Malayan Emergency after Malcolm MacDonald lobbied Whitehall .
Malcolm MacDonald is the British Commissioner - General for Southeast Asia .
He was sacked by the Colonial Office and recalled to London on 29 June 1948 at the onset of the Malayan Emergency after Malcolm MacDonald , the British Commissioner - General for Southeast Asia , lobbied Whitehall .