![]() This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on September 23, 2013. “We can live with that decision and the basis on which it was made, without trying to talk about politic,” Chin said after SUPP’s central working committee meeting last weekend.Īlthough SUPP was not an ally of the Communist Party of Malaya founded in 1930, SUPP has similar founding principles.Įstablished in 1959 mainly by leftists and working class Chinese, SUPP had been involved in underground communist movement in Sarawak, and fought an anti-imperialist and independence war.In 1970, SUPP joined the Sarawak state government, becoming a partner of the ruling Alliance Party.įor more stories, go to the website for freedom of expression and fairness in articulation. The Communist insurgency in Malaysia, also known as the Second Malayan Emergency ( Malay: Perang insurgensi melawan pengganas komunis or Darurat Kedua ), was an armed conflict which occurred in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989, between the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and Malaysian federal security forces. SUPP president Tan Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui said the government’s decision was logical, adding that there was no need to go into whether it is right or wrong, or good taste or otherwise.Ĭhin said there was a lot suffering during the communist insurgency and Chin Peng was not a Malaysian.Ĭhin pointed out that Chin Peng had surrendered his citizenship and did not apply to be a Malaysian within a year after signing the Hatyai Peace Accord 1989. ![]() ![]() The Sarawak Communist Insurgency (19621990) pitted the government of Malaysia. KUCHING: The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) - the state’s oldest political party with a deep-rooted history of communism - supports the federal government’s decision to disallow Chin Peng’s ashes from being buried at home. Contemporary Sarawak is renowned for its natural beauty and multicultural. ![]()
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