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7 unusual facts about Chin Peng


Baling

The MRLA leader Chin Peng expressed skepticism of a pardon promised by the leader of a nation that had yet to gain its independence (Malaya's independence was gained in two years later in 1957).

Chen Ping

Chin Peng (born 1924), or Chen Ping, a Malaysian politician

Chin Peng

On December 2 of that year, at the town of Had Yai in Southern Thailand, Chin Peng, Rashid Maidin and Abdullah CD met with representatives of the Malaysian and Thai governments.

The first party of that force, consisting of Capt. John Davis and five Chinese agents, had been landed in Malaya on 24 May 1943, by submarine.

In 2006, a documentary film about Chin Peng was made called The Last Communist.

February 7, 1952: Sir Gerald Templer, arrives to take the place of Gurney, and implements harsh measures against the Communists.

Wang Wenhua

Chin Peng (born 1924), born as Wang Wenhua, a Malaysian politician


Baling Talks

The main participants were Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman.

The MCP was represented by Chin Peng, the Secretary-General, Rashid Maidin and Chen Tien, head of the MCP's Central Propaganda Department.

Lim Bo Seng

They also met guerrilla fighters of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), two of whom were Chin Peng and Lai Teck, where they reached an agreement that the resistance group would fall under British command, in exchange for weapons, supplies and training.


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