A very special communist leader in the eyes of democratic leaders

Communist Party of Malaya's secretary-general Chin Peng, the nom de guerre of Ong Boon Hwa, died on Sept 16, the exact date of 50th Malaysian Day. 

Some people thought the date was irony, some people thought the date was a bit fishy.

Ong Boon Hwa a.k.a Chin Peng

Chin Peng dies in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Chin Peng, a former leader of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), died in a hospital here early this morning, according to a Thai army official. 

He died of old age just over a month short of his 89th birthday. He was born on Oct 21, 1924. 

The Thai army official said he had been informed that Chin Peng had been having treatment over the last few years and was unable to walk by himself.  

He said funeral arrangements had yet to be decided, but according to some reports, Chin Peng's relatives would perform religious rites for him on Friday.  

The former communist guerilla had been living in exile for several decades after the attempt to establish a communist state in Malaya, and later Malaysia, failed.  

The CPM signed a peace accord with the Malaysian government in 1989, thus ending the communist threat in the country. 

Chin Peng made several attempts to return to Malaysia, but was refused entry, as the memory of the bloody insurgency that he led was still strong among many Malaysians. 

Source: Bernama

80s kids like me only knew the history of this man from history textbook. It was one of the most known personalities in Malaysian history. 

At that time, we knew he was a communist leader, we knew he was notorious, and he had caused the death of former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim as well as approximately 10,000 policemen, security personnel and civilians.

There was an article by NST journalist stating that Chin Peng was seen as less vicious compared with other local communist leaders.

After his death, there were several attempts to bury him in Malaysia despite the fact that he was not even a Malaysian. 

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, reportedly claimed that the government should honor the Hatyai Peace Accord that was signed 1989, saying: “Let bygones be bygones”.

DAP’s stalwart Lim Kit Siang described Chin Peng’s passing as the end of an era, and further urged the Government to allow Chin Peng’s ashes to be brought back into this country.

PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua, had openly said that Chin Peng was actually a patriot.

“On this day as Malaysia celebrates 50 years of nationhood, we lost a patriot who had fought for national independence. RIP (Rest In Peace) Uncle Chen Peng,” he said via his Twitter account.

All these leaders claimed that they are democratic leaders. But the fact that they are fighting for a communist leader fascinates this writer.

  

The writer doesn't think that these democratic leaders are being sincere enough to fight for the communist leader. In fact, its too obvious that they were trying to create doubt among Malaysians and will go as far as challenging the history of Malaysia.

The writer believes that there is an attempt to mislead Malaysians. Their argument is simple. They will say that our history was written to favour the ruling government (Parti Perikatan/Barisan Nasional).