Chin Peng not a citizen, say police
(TMI) – Bukit Aman does not consider Chin Peng a citizen and does not see any reason why his remains should be brought back to Malaysia.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pic) said there is nothing more to discuss about the former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya.
“I’m not sure whether he obtained a citizenship from Thailand, but he is not a Malaysian,” he told The Malaysian Insider today.
“He has passed away so I don’t see what the issue is now,” Khalid said, declining to comment on the earlier statements made by former IGP Tan Sri Rahim Noor on Chin Peng.
In November 2009, Rahim had backed Chin Peng’s right to return to Malaysia, at least on a social visit.
Former Malayan communist chief Chin Peng (pic) died in Bangkok today, Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reported. He would have turned 90 this October 21.
The daily said his relatives will conduct religious rites this Friday.
