Chin Peng: Malaysia communist guerrilla dies in Thailand Chin Peng, a Malaysian guerrilla who led a fierce Communist insurgency against British forces after World War Two, has died, Thai officials say. The 90-year-old died in a Bangkok hospital after years living in exile. He fought alongside the British during the Japanese occupation of Malaya, but in 1948 began a struggle to establish an independent Communist state. About 10,000 people are thought to have been killed during The Emergency, as the insurgency came to be known. It was a campaign of jungle warfare against colonial rule that resulted in accusations of brutality on both sides. A senior Malaysian opposition figure, Lim Kit Siang, wrote that his death marked the: "end of an era. Whether one agrees or not with his struggle, his place in history is assured", the Associated Press news agency reported. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24105976
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:58:05 +0000
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