Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:48 | Report Abuse

Now, Utusan Malaysia says Chin Peng did not die on Malaysia Day.


oh, Utusan, Utusan, boleh di-percaya????


http://themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/now-utusan-malaysia-says-chin-peng-did-not-die-on-malaysia-day

...sila baca apa Malaysians tulis...saperti..


PNL 146p · 16 hours ago
Hello! Please check the link below on Chin Peng. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/370009/chin-peng-dies-in-bangkok
This Utusan M is a totally good for nothing paper. Majority of the publications are lies and trouble and problem creations seem to be their aim.


AhmadSobri99 167p · 16 hours ago
It all boils down to whom you trust.

Bangkok Post an internationally trusted newspaper and Utusan Malaysia, UMNO's party organ, and its records are laughable indeed.

Don't put too much thoughts into what Utusan claimed, Bangkok Post may ( it won't) lie, but, why should the hospital?

Nah, Utusan probably has got nothing to boost its publication and it knows Chin Peng even when dead will help fellow Malaysians and Utusan is one publication that needs Chin Peng's name to boost sales. Who reads Utusan and what is its readership? Plunging readership!


.....you make your own judgment please.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 14:01 | Report Abuse

Utusan slams The Malaysian Insider as “communist-friendly”
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-slams-the-malaysian-insider-as-communist-friendly

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The spoiled childish

Posted by alenac > 2013-09-22 14:13 | Report Abuse

Utusex can't understand what is press freedom. Because most of the journalists are from kampungs hardcore UMNO supporters. Moreover most of them have poor command of the english language, spoken and written which have been exposed in Pakatan politicians legal suits against them. So now they target Malaysia Insider next would be Malaysiakini, which they have "villianized" many times in the past.

Quoted from Utusan Ku Seman's article meaning that the church must act dumb or the media must act dumb if it is under attack!!!! That is the definition of press freedom ala Utusex. There are many more skewed comments besides the quotation below.

"Ketika tercetusnya isu kalimah Allah yang mahu digunakan dalam Bible bahasa Melayu, pihak Jabatan Agama Islam mengeluarkan khutbah Jumaat yang menyeru supaya umat Islam memelihara kesucian kalimah itu. Tetapi Malaysian Insider bertindak biadab dengan menyiarkan bantahan daripada paderi Kristian terhadap khutbah Jumaat berkenaan."

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 14:42 | Report Abuse

Well said Datuk ....Datuk Zaid Ibrahim

Slavery exists in many forms. Getting the Malays in the mode of being dependent and submit to the whims of leaders is one such form.



Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
When Malays have self belief and not dependent on them, Umno become irrelevant . They want to keep you hanging on.

....kawan kawan, apa certia? Salam.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 14:47 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
10 ways to help Bumiputras? Excellent ideas from Guna . There is little hope Umno leaders will heed call though.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 14:57 | Report Abuse

Malaysia would be much brighter and progressive if we have more intelligent minds like Zaid daring to speak and change the Malay mindset. I see his insights are even often more sharper compared to Anwar's. Just like our kids, if you want them to be real strong survivor in life, you just cant overindulge them as you are killing their confidence and competence at the end. Just hope more wise Malays could come forth to respond promptly over the bigots' voices, as the latter seem getting to think of they have been representing the mainstream Malays.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:04 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Why cant these departmental heads just do their work and not get involved with policies? Jakim is especially annoying.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:06 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Jakim is a dept of PM office. Why need to support economic policy of the PM ; Its like Jabatan Pelajaran endorsing new Education policy.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:12 | Report Abuse

September 19, 2013 Zaid Ibrahim


Zaid: Malaysia richer, happier if Tun Ismail had lived to be PM


Original Article: The Malay Mail Online

Kelantan-born Zaid recalled meeting Dr Ismail in 1972 and was impressed by the latter’s advice to play fair to all races in helping aid the economically-backward Malays

Malaysia would likely have become a richer, happier and more united country if Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman had lived to succeed Tun Abdul Razak Hussein as the third prime minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today.

The former de facto law minister said the New Economic Policy (NEP) that Dr Ismail had helped push out in 1971 would have achieved its goal of lifting Malays mired in economic poverty while being fair to Malaysia’s minority races instead of being perverted to keep a few Malay leaders and their cronies in power now.

“If he had been healthier and had lived longer, he would have succeeded Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister and Malaysia today would be a richer and happier country.

“The policy that makes the Malays ‘special’ would have a different meaning, and as the co-architect of the New Economic Policy Tun Ismail would have undoubtedly made this country prosperous, democratic and united in ways we have not been able to experience,” Zaid said in a statement.

While the one-time Umno senator who had joined the opposition before turning independent made no mention of it, he is likely referring to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s announcement last week for a RM31 billion injection to the dominant Bumiputera community, widely panned as a reversal of his New Economic Model (NEM) policy first introduced in 2009.

Political analysts have criticised the so-called Bumiputera agenda, saying it reversed Najib’s promises to roll back race-based policies and was a politically-motivated decision ahead of the upcoming Umno elections.

Others have also labelled the NEM an “exaggeration” of the now-defunct NEP, and described the contained measures as violating Article 8 of the Federal Constitution that guarantees equality to all Malaysian citizens.

Proponents of Bumiputera affirmative action insist that Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, which outlines the special position and privileges of the group, provides for the measures announced ostensibly to uplift the community.

Najib had also mooted the set up of a Bumiputera Economic Empowerment Council and pushed government-linked companies (GLCs) and government-linked investment companies (GLICs) to increase Bumiputera property ownership, among other measures.

Political observers saw the move as an attempt to fortify Najib’s position within the largest component party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and appease Malay voters who have showed the most support for Umno in the May 5 general election.

Johor-born Dr Ismail had earned a reputation as an incorruptible Malay leader and nation builder who was strongly opposed to racial bigotry. He had served as Razak’s deputy from September 1970 until his death from a heart attack on August 2, 1973, aged 57.

Then a student, Kelantan-born Zaid recalled meeting Dr Ismail in 1972 and was impressed by the latter’s advice to play fair to all races in helping aid the economically-backward Malays, who remain the country’s most dominant ethnic group.

“What I can remember about this quiet man was his advice that we needed to do all we could to help the Malays — but that we had to do it properly and with fairness.

“I did not have the guts to ask him to elaborate, but I was sure he wanted the Malays to be fair to the other communities at all times as leaders of the country,” Zaid, now 62, said.

However, the lawyer-turned-politician said the policy of lifting the economically-backward Malays has become a policy “to uplift those favoured by the leaders”.

“The policy of increasing and strengthening Malay participation in the civil service and public institutions has turned into a monopoly.

“The policy to moderate the Malay mind/values so they become competitive and able to understand and appreciate the nuances and lifestyles of different people has become the opposite, making them parochial and fearful instead,” he said.

In his strongly-worded statement, Zaid said a new breed of Malays were now in charge, whose “leaders have no shame admitting that they are wealthy or about parading their affluent lifestyles” or their “special” status by taking the NEP policy to its extreme.

“The policy to uplift the economically-backward Malays has changed them beyond recognition,” Zaid said.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 15:18 | Report Abuse

http://www.mkini.co/columns/240608
The best (acting) prime minister

Mariam Mokhtar
12:02PM Sep 9, 2013

No one will dispute the filial piety and devotion shown by Tawfik, the eldest son of Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who was once called “The man who saved Malaysia.” Dr Ismail died in office, in his capacity as acting prime minister, effectively the best prime minister we have had.

Dr Ismail (right) was remembered for his non-ethnic approach to issues and his concern about racial polarisation. He had a strong work ethic, was a strict but fair man who adhered strictly to rules. He despised incompetence and lateness. He was feared and respected. He refused to grant favours even to relatives and close friends. He was highly principled and enjoyed debating.

He avoided conflict of interest and the British High Commissioner said in despatches, “Ismail was a man of formidable reputation for integrity and talent in all communities.”

Tawfik has sullied his father’s memory by aligning himself with the present, undistinguished Umno Baru politicians by suggesting that the controversial film, Tanda Putera be made into a mini-series.

Tawfik noted that many facts in the book, The Reluctant Politician by Dr Ooi Kee Beng, were excluded from the film and reasoned that this was why people had called Tanda Putera a piece of propaganda. It would be more judicious to say that many people consider the film propaganda because fictional scenes were inserted, to influence thinking and undermine people’s understanding of what really happened.

It was stated in the book, that Tan Siew Sin (left), who was the MCA president in 1969, pulled MCA out of the government, after being severely criticised by Umno members for his party’s poor performance in the election. The present MCA president, Chua Soi Lek, did something similar after GE13 this year.

Unaware of the MCA withdrawal, Dr Ismail later called Tan “irresponsible and childish” for letting down the Malays and Chinese who had voted for the MCA. In letters to his friend Robert Kuok and the chairperson of Guthrie, Eric Griffith-Jones, Ismail had tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade Tan to revoke his decision because the action by the MCA had initiated the riot.

As the book explains, Ismail had warned Tan of further polarisation and that the MCA withdrawal would play into the hands of both Malay and Chinese extremists.

Interestingly, the book also claims that Mahathir Mohamad, who had lost his seat to a PMIP (the precursor of PAS) candidate, had advocated that the MCA be excluded from the government. Ismail had also warned of “extreme racialists in the ruling party who were making a desperate bid to topple the leadership”.

Perhaps it would be fair to say that there were no riots after GE13 in 2013 because the rakyat has wised up to Umno Baru’s tricks, which are designed to create ethnic clashes. Multiracial Malaysia has been tested by the cow-head incident, the Allah issue, butt dances and cooking of beef burgers outside Ambiga’s house, the pig’s heads in the suraus, the forced child conversions and the seditious Utusan Malaysia articles.

The rakyat act with restraint whilst the government does little to diffuse the tension. There has been no repeat of May 13 because the government cannot pull the wool over the rakyat’s eyes any more, unlike in 1969 when the riots were a distraction, to mask the internal power struggles within the old Umno party.

Tawfik said that the opposition parties, DAP, PAS and Gerakan had “plied on politics of polarisation” in 1969. Could he explain why Umno Baru is dividing the rakyat in 2013 and not learnt its lesson from history?

Why did Tawfik say there was no need to find out who was responsible for the riots?

Isn’t Tawfik interested in learning the truth? Surely, the people who were responsible should be punished, if they are still alive. At the very least, the people who suffered deserve an apology.

An RCI is about finding the truth

Strangely, Tawfik said that no one would be happy with the outcome of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) if one were set up.

An RCI is not about placating people. It is about finding the truth.

Tawfik tried to justify the reasons for not having the RCI by asking who would lead the investigation? He wondered where to look for the evidence? As in any RCI, a panel of responsible and trusted people would be chosen, then terms of reference will be set.

Has Tawfik heard of primary and secondary sources, which are used to evaluate a historical event? These could be in the form of letters, diaries, news report, foreign despatches, intelligence reports, internal memos, eyewitness accounts, hospital and mortuary records, doctors and nurses’ testimonies, reports from the police, Special Branch and the armed forces, autobiographies, film reels. These are important sources to interpret a past event.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 15:20 | Report Abuse

Tawfik’s justification of the historical inaccuracy which the producer allowed, because of a shortage of time, is disgraceful. His father would have found the slipshod approach quite unacceptable.

Other facts from the book would have been damaging to this government and to former PM Mahathir Mohamad. Some of the more interesting ones are:-

Ismail advised Tunku not to hand over power to the military. He said, “Once you do that, you won’t get it back.”

Robert Kuok asked Ismail who had suffered most in the riots, and Ismail replied, “Of course, the Chinese.”

Ismail had wanted Hanif Omar (left), the police chief assigned to the National Operations Council (NOC), formed after May 13, to arrest the then-Selangor menteri besar, Harun Idris, “for murder”. Hanif persuaded Ismail to investigate the claims first. In the end, Harun was not arrested.

Wahab Majid of Bernama wrote that Abdul Razak toyed with the idea of “benevolent dictatorship” but was discouraged by Ismail who pushed for a return to parliamentary democracy.

In 1969, the Singapore High Commissioner, Maurice Baker, said that Ismail was strict and decisive, that he would arrest anyone who caused trouble, irrespective of race.

General Ibrahim Ismail, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the NOC, also said that Dr Ismail’s direct manner and uncompromising stance helped restore law and order, whilst Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, an under-secretary in the Defence Ministry, recalled Ismail declaring that he would arrest his own mother, if she had done something illegal.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah claimed that Ismail had wanted Mahathir expelled from Umno and stopped two attempts to readmit him to the party.

To gain an objective portrayal, Tanda Putera should have shown Ismail’s preference for Dom Perignon because his taste buds were destroyed by medication; he hated the term “bumiputera” and had stipulated a time limit on the NEP; Ismail had said that the special position of the Malays was a handicap to them and according to Tengku Razaleigh, the Chinese did not have confidence in Razak, but they trusted Ismail.

The book revealed that after May 13, Ismail was deputy PM and involved in an important piece of legislation, the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No 22. Under this ruling, the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) had the authority to freeze or forfeit “ill-gotten” assets of public officials and politicians.

Ismail said that as the country was ruled by the NOC, there was no functioning parliament, and corrupt practices were not exposed. He pushed this new ordinance through because Malaysian politicians refused to resign even after being caught perpetrating unconstitutional acts.

Ismail knew that with the new ordinance, corrupt individuals would be treated as criminals. The act resulted in the removal of the Perak and Trengganu chief ministers, for corruption.

One hopes that the film did say that Ismail once told his Danish counterpart, that “we want to create a United Malaysia of Malays, Chinese Indians etc, just as the United States is a fusion of many different elements.”

MARIAM MOKHTAR is a defender of the truth, the admiral-general of the Green Bean Army and president of the Perak Liberation Organisation (PLO).
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Mariam a rare shining gem ^^. Her brain must be diamond made.

Posted by SANG-JERO > 2013-09-22 15:32 | Report Abuse

next week KLSE bull run...let's make money.....

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:51 | Report Abuse

If only beloved Tun Dr. Ismail or our beloved the late PM Tengku Abdul Rahman had arrested the devil Mamakutty at that time, then our beloved nation Malaysia will be saved & all Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or religion will enjoy a very much higher standard of living.

This Mamakutty was so scared of being arrested that he went into hiding. But our beloved late PM TAR is always forgiving and he never hunt this devil Mamakutty down....how I & many Malaysians too wish TAR had arrested this devil Mamakutty and put him in jail.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:55 | Report Abuse

If only beloved Tun Dr. Ismail or our beloved the late PM Tengku Abdul Rahman had arrested the devil Mamakutty at that time, then our beloved nation Malaysia will be saved & all Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or religion will enjoy a very much higher standard of living.

This Mamakutty was so scared of being arrested that he went into hiding. But our beloved late PM TAR is always forgiving and he never hunt this devil Mamakutty down....how I & many Malaysians too wish TAR had arrested this devil Mamakutty and put him in jail.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 16:28 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Why do u think our leaders always talk down to those they disagreed with? Why do they sound arrogant? Because 40 years of being special

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 16:30 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
This Malay govt by refusing to allow Chin Peng remains to rest here will not be forgotten by the millions of Chinese in the region

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 17:10 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim

This Malay government would not allow Chin Peng remains to come home. If he had been a Malay of course no issue



Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Umno version is pure unadulterated racist policy. There is no other way to describe it

Posted by ahtan > 2013-09-22 22:15 |

Post removed.Why?

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 23:45 | Report Abuse

Sunday, 22 September 2013 20:16

IS THIS HOW MALAYS ARE 'SUPREME': Utusan claims Chin Peng's date of death 'manipulated'



Chin Peng's family has lashed out at Mingguan Malaysia and Umno for claiming the date of his death had been altered so that it would coincide with Malaysia Day.

A family spokesman, Lee Chong, described the report by the Umno-controlled Mingguan Malaysia as mischievous and disrespectful.

"He has passed away. Why can't they leave him to rest in peace? Even a day before he is scheduled to be cremated, the Malaysian government still wants to spin stories," he said.

"I heard about the report in Mingguan Malaysia from a Malaysian reporter. I couldn't believe it and read it online to see for myself.

"This latest spin from Mingguan Malaysia shows how low Umno will stoop in order to discredit an individual who no longer poses a threat to them or Malaysia."

Lee said the official time of death of the former communist leader was provided by the Bumrungrad International Hospital, where he had been admitted prior to his death.

Chin Peng died at the age of 88 on Sept 16, which was coincidentally Malaysia Day.

The Umno-controlled paper had quoted an anonymous source saying that Chin Peng died on the evening of September 15, and not the morning of September 16 as reported.

The daily's source claimed that September 16 was chosen so that Chin Peng would be remembered by his supporters on a day important to all Malaysians.

People have been making their way to the Wat That Thong temple on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok to pay their final respects to the late communist leader. The cremation takes place tomorrow evening.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=164441:is-this-how-malays-are-supreme-utusan-claims-chin-pengs-date-of-death-altered&Itemid=2#axzz2fcizbzN2

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 23:58 | Report Abuse

PAS member pays respects to Chin Peng in Bangkok


Kedah PAS leader Fadzil Baharom was a late visitor to Chin Peng's wake this evening, arriving at the Wat That Thong temple in Bangkok about 7pm together with several friends to pay his respects to the former Communist Party of Malaya secretary-general.

When met at the wake, Fadzil stressed that he was not representing PAS or PKR but was there in a personal capacity.

Fadzil said he has known members of Chin Peng's family for about five years and felt it was appropriate to attend the wake.

"I will not be staying for Monday's cremation as I have to return to Kedah," Fadzil said, adding that he had long wanted to meet Chin Peng personally but did not have the opportunity.

He said despite the Malaysian government's portrayal of Chin Peng, he considered the latter to be a fighter.

"Malaysia's history has been changed; I am looking for the unvarnished version.

"Even within PAS, not everyone is really familiar with the facts of the nation's history and how events actually panned out," Fadzil said.

"Although my presence here today is nothing great, I am sure in five or 10 years it will be seen as a historical moment because I dared to attend Chin Peng's wake," Fadzil said jovially.

He also pointed out that following Chin Peng's death on Monday, many people had been circulating old stories and reports about the 88-year-old on the Internet.

He said that was good as it would help to educate the younger generation and give them a better understanding of history.

Asked whether other party members might frown on his presence at Chin Peng's wake, Fadzil shrugged and said he did not care as he did not feel there was a problem with his attendance.

He emphasised that paying his respects did not mean he was a communist or followed the ideology. He was merely interested in history, and Chin Peng was a part of the fabric of Malaysia's past.

Fadzil contested in GE13 for the Sungai Tiang state seat, but lost to Barisan Nasional's Suraya Yaacob. - September 22, 2013.


http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/print/malaysia/kedah-pas-chief-pays-respects-to-chin-peng

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-23 00:03 | Report Abuse

ha ha ha, even UMNO leaders kena wallop by their own people because of UMNO Elections...what a shame?


HOW THUGGISH! Umno supreme council candidate claims rival beat him up


A candidate for the Umno supreme council was allegedly beaten when he was submitting his nomination form at Umno headquarters, Sinar Harian reported today.

The incident happened at approximately 9.30am on nomination day yesterday when the 57-year old victim, went to register as a candidate for the Umno supreme council at Putra World Trade Centre, said the Malay daily.

It quoted an anonymous source as saying that the incident happened due to unhappiness that the victim wanted to challenge a particular division-level candidate.

"He is believed to be beaten by an individual who was hired by someone who has vested interests. I can't reveal more," the source was quoted saying.

The candidate is unnamed in the article. However Dang Wangi OCPD Zainuddin Ahmad is quoted as confirming that the police have received a report on the matter and are investigating.

There are 64 candidates contesting for 25 positions for Umno supreme council committee members in the Oct 19 supreme council election.

Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=164461:how-thuggish-umno-supreme-council-candidate-claims-rival-beat-him-up&Itemid=2#ixzz2fhHAi9uk

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-23 12:45 | Report Abuse

Chin Peng has the last laugh
http://www.mkini.co/columns/241819

Mariam Mokhtar
10:02AM Sep 23, 2013

The Malaysian government intended to deliver a humiliating blow and final insult to Chin Peng, the late former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), by denying his dying wish.

Despite the sabre rattling by premier Najib Abdul Razak and extremist groups like Perkasa, it is Chin Peng who has won the psychological battle and more importantly, is having the last laugh from beyond the grave, leaving Najib with egg on his face.



Najib may wish to diminish Chin Peng’s role in our history, perhaps even airbrush him out of the struggle for Independence, but the irony is that his death on Sept 16, will mean that the Malaysia Day celebrations, will now also commemorate Chin Peng’s memory.

Chin Peng has been praised for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency (1948-1960).

Even he could not have planned it better. His death on Malaysia Day was the ultimate accolade for a man who was denied his right to return to the country of his birth and denied a fair hearing in the Court of Appeal. What poetic justice!

The Malaysian government reneged on the terms of the three-way Peace Treaty which it signed with Thailand and the CPM leaders, in Hadyai in 1989. The PM at the time was Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In life, the government rejected Chin Peng’s application to live in Malaysia. In death, they refused to allow his remains be interred in his family burial plot near Lumut. This prolonged revenge-fuelled retribution by Umno Baru will unwittingly give Chin Peng, the oxygen of publicity. If the young and uninformed did not know of Chin Peng, they do now.

When Najib ordered that government forces be placed on red alert at border checkpoints, people scoffed at his idea.

If two jet engines can be smuggled out of Malaysia, then it would be child’s play to smuggle an urn into the country. This is a pointless exercise especially as resources and manpower should be deployed to better use, to deter crime.

Fighting and living in the shadows were Chin Peng’s speciality. It would have been easy for him to sneak across the border, assume an alias, and live anywhere in the country, like the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karad ic' the architect of the Srebrenica massacre who escaped arrest for 12 years, practising as a doctor in Belgrade. Chin Peng may have been the leader of a disbanded guerrilla army, but he was a man of honour.

The unprecedented furore and lack of compassion, to allow an old man his dying wish, is prompted by the upcoming Umno-Baru elections. Najib will milk Chin Peng’s death for political mileage to show his ultra-Malay credentials.

Many people are probably unaware that the struggle for Malaya’s Independence was fought on several fronts.

During World War II, Chin Peng and the British army (Force 136) joined forces in 1941, to fight the Japanese invaders. Chin Peng’s outfit was called the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and after the war, he was decorated for his heroism with the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

When the Japanese invaded Malaya in 1941, the Malays and Indians were given better treatment than the Chinese. Sino-Japanese relations had deteriorated after the Nanking Massacre (The Rape of Nanking) in 1937.

When the tide turned against the Japanese in 1943, the Japanese started to encourage Malay nationalism by arranging conferences, demonstrations, language courses and education. They even whipped up anti-Chinese sentiment by using paramilitary groups of, mainly, Malay men, to fight Chinese resistance groups.

Without the CPM ...

In the chaos immediately after the war, the MPAJA being the most organised and well-armed group within Malaya was given tacit approval by the British to restore law and order, at least until the British administrators returned in force.

The MPAJA used this opportunity to exact retribution on their old enemies and Japanese collaborators. As the Malays had been given preferential treatment by the Japanese during WWII, the MPAJA punished them severely.

The clashes were interpreted as racial conflict. The Malays retaliated by forming groups to fight what they saw as the “Chinese MPAJA/CPM”.

Internecine clashes between these two groups, continue to this day and to increase the distrust between the Malays and Chinese, Umno Baru will conveniently use the bogey, ”Chinese communists” or “May 13”, whenever it suits them.

After WWII, Chin Peng continued his armed struggle for Independence, but this time, he fought against the British because he wanted Malaya to be free from colonial rule. He renamed his outfit, the Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA).

His ideology was to have an equal society with the wealth redistributed among the people equally, through the labour movement, under communism.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-23 12:46 | Report Abuse

The civilian side of the MRLA was the Min Yuen (Masses Movement) which provided the guerrillas with food, information, and new recruits. Civilians who did not cooperate were tortured by the MRLA, whilst those caught cooperating, were imprisoned by the British.

The guerrillas would disrupt labour relations on the rubber estates and their sympathisers would demand military protection. The idea was to sabotage the economy but also to keep the British troops out of the jungle. The communists later changed this strategy when civilians began to blame the communists for their hardships.

Najib said that returning Chin Peng’s ashes would upset the Malays because the CPM had committed atrocities against them. Malaya was on a war footing. Atrocities were committed on both sides.

The Japanese killed several hundred thousand Malayans during the Japanese Occupation; the Batang Kali massacre was blamed on rogue elements in the British army; and yet, the worse treatment has been reserved for Chin Peng, whose forces were responsible for 10,000 deaths.

No one is condoning Chin Peng’s guerrilla warfare but Malaysians must realise that without the CPM, the Japanese in Malaya would not have been defeated.

Without the Min Yuen, we would not have the current identity card system and Chinese squatters living on the jungle verges would not have been resettled into new villages, much to the irritation of Malay villagers who complained that these settlements had electricity and running water.

Without the CPM, we would not have had the Internal Security Act or a return to the authoritarian regime of Gerald Templer, the high commissioner who introduced local elections and village councils as his objective was the formation of a united Malayan nation. The Chinese were urbanised, by the British, to reduce the influence of the CPM.

Umno Baru and the Malays are in their exalted position because of Chin Peng. Without the armed conflict of the CPM, the British would not have agreed to give Independence to Malaya, nor the privileges that the Malays now enjoy.

Tunku Abdul Rahman (left) acknowledged that Chin Peng’s challenge to him, at the Baling talks in 1955, immediately led to Merdeka.

Perhaps, it is fitting that divine intervention has made it possible for Umno Baru to honour Chin Peng, every year, on Sept 16.

The British used the divide-and-rule strategy to conquer the locals, the Japanese in WWII deployed the same tactic. Today, Umno-Baru continues this method of control.

Chin Peng may be gone but his legacy continues. Malaysians are still striving to establish a just and equal society.

Posted by necro > 2013-09-23 13:00 | Report Abuse

AGAIN & AGAIN

Bingo aka jinggo aka curiwangrakyat aka PukimaCAI is babling again!!!

pukimak2 still in HUGE LOSS in AMEDIA kaa until now become Anwar MahCai/SohCai/LanJia???or worst is Anwar Ball Sucka wa Licka???..

AhCai AhCai....

Posted by nubhan . > 2013-09-23 13:03 | Report Abuse

necro , lama x nampak, kat mana bleh chit chat private wehh

Posted by nubhan . > 2013-09-23 13:04 | Report Abuse

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Posted by wanapit > 2013-09-23 13:14 | Report Abuse

10th of thousand mostly Malays. Half of them killed by bullet and bobby trap. Half wounded even turn OKU. 10th of thousand family feel the impact. How in the earth they would forgive and forget?. They tolerate to PKM family out there when they accept to tie a peace, but Chin Peng dont want. He refuse when Baling Talk held back then. Only 'NO' for Chin Peng. Even Chin Peng family still in Sitiawan,Perak living in good. Do this Malays who's family was killed back then harm them??..the answer is endless NO..NO..NO. We live in harmonies after PKM treat gone. Please preserve. Only 'NO' for Chin Peng alone rpt alone. If we can tolerate when our family shoot to death or became OKU, why dont you? Chin Peng die at age almost 90, their family dies at age 20's to 40's. Think about that...ask your self. peace no war.