A lokacin mamaya, an tada rikicin kabilanci da kishin kasa.^[82] Biritaniya ta yi fatara kuma sabuwar gwamnatin Labour ta yi sha'awar janye sojojinta daga Gabas.Sai dai mafi yawan Malays sun fi damuwa da kare kansu daga MCP fiye da neman 'yancin kai daga Birtaniya.A cikin 1944, Birtaniya ta tsara shirye-shirye don Ƙungiyar Malayan, wanda zai mayar da Tarayyar Tarayya da Ƙasar Malay, da Penang da Malacca (amma ba Singapore ), zuwa wani yanki na Crown guda ɗaya, tare da ra'ayi na 'yancin kai.Wannan yunkuri na neman samun 'yancin kai daga karshe, ya fuskanci turjiya sosai daga kasar Malay, musamman saboda shirin samar da daidaiton dan kasa ga kabilun Sinawa da sauran tsiraru.Birtaniya sun dauki wadannan kungiyoyi a matsayin masu aminci a lokacin yakin fiye da na Malay.Wannan adawar ta kai ga rugujewar kungiyar Malayan a shekara ta 1948, inda ta ba da dama ga Tarayyar Malaya, wacce ta ci gaba da cin gashin kan sarakunan Malay a karkashin kariyar Burtaniya.Daidai da waɗannan sauye-sauyen siyasa, Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Malaya (MCP), wadda ke samun goyon bayan 'yan kabilar Sinawa, tana samun ci gaba.MCP, wadda tun farko jam'iyyar doka ce, ta koma yakin neman zabe da burin korar turawan Ingila daga Malaya.A watan Yulin 1948, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta ayyana dokar ta baci, wanda ya sa MCP ta koma cikin daji ta kafa rundunar 'yantar da jama'ar Malayan.Tushen wannan rikici ya samo asali ne tun daga sauye-sauyen tsarin mulki wanda ya mayar da kabilar Sin saniyar ware zuwa matsugunan manoma don bunkasa shuka.Koyaya, MCP ya sami tallafi kaɗan daga ikon kwaminisanci na duniya.Gaggawa na Malayan, wanda ya kasance daga 1948 zuwa 1960, ya ga Birtaniyya suna amfani da dabarun yaƙi na zamani, wanda Laftanar-Janar Sir Gerald Templer ya shirya, a kan MCP.Yayin da rikicin ya ga kaso na ta'asa, kamar kisan kiyashin Batang Kali, dabarun Birtaniya na ware MCP daga tushe na goyon bayanta, tare da rangwamen tattalin arziki da siyasa, sannu a hankali ya raunana masu tayar da kayar baya.A tsakiyar shekarun 1950, igiyar ruwa ta koma adawa da MCP, wanda ya kafa fagen samun 'yancin kai a cikin Commonwealth a ranar 31 ga Agusta 1957, tare da Tunku Abdul Rahman a matsayin Firayim Minista na farko.