Chin Peng

Chin Peng (Chinese陈平, Pinyin Chen Ping, Ong Boon Hua real name probably王文华Chinese, Pinyin Wáng Wenhua, * 1922 in Sitiawan, Malaya, † September 16, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand) was a Malaysian politician and freedom fighter. As of March 1947, he was chief of the Communist Party of Malaya for many years. He followed this tack Loi, who had been revealed as a double agent, after he had gone to the party coffers. As a staunch opponent of colonialism, he played a leading role in the fight against the British in the country.

Life

Chin Peng was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his efforts against the Japanese. He was chairman of the party at the beginning of the Cold War, and was confirmed in March 1948 in his office when the party decided to mass protests against the British occupation. The growing violence prompted the British in June to declare a state of emergency. Mid-1950s, the insurgency was largely contained, but to considerable forces had regrouped in the north of the country on the border with Thailand. In November 1955, Chin Peng indicated a willingness to negotiate with the elected governments of Malaya and Singapore. The Baling talks with Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia ), and David Saul Marshall ( Singapore) found early in the following month then near the Thai border instead, but remained Results from. Chin Peng offered to the end of the rebellion, but did not attain the legalization of the Communist Party, which was flatly refused.

Chin Peng returned to the ground, but lost the motion to impact, so that the state of emergency could be lifted. Chin Peng appeared with parts of its troops in southern Thailand. The end of 1960 he went to Beijing, where he stayed for many years. From the south of China, he began a secret radio station that was sent to Malaysia.

In the 1970s, the party split into three fractions. There were rumors that Chin Peng was replaced as General Secretary. On December 2, 1989 Chin Peng was in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai seen, where he lectured in a suit and in good health with representatives of the Thai and Malaysian governments. He signed two peace agreements, in which he laid down the weapons, but did not dissolve the party.

At the beginning of 2000, Chin Peng sought a return to Malaysia, which proved to be a complex legal question. Finally, his request was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2005.

2006 turned the Malaysian journalist and filmmaker Amir Muhammad under the title The Last Communist Chin Peng's a documentary about life, which was also shown at the Berlinale.