Minister reminds Malaysians to never forget Chin Peng was a “terrorist leader”
(TMI) – Malaysians must never forget that Chin Peng, who died in Bangkok today, was a “terrorist leader” and his quest for an independent communist state had left thousands of security personnel dead and families without loved ones, said the Home Minister.
“I want Chin Peng to be remembered as a terrorist leader. The security forces which had fought a bloody war with him still cannot forget or forgive him for the atrocities during the Malayan insurgency,” Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) told The Malaysian Insider when contacted.
The Home Ministry had always objected to Chin Peng’s return to Malaysia, even though a peace agreement signed between the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) and the government in 1989 had allowed his return.
Chin Peng’s death was reported by Bangkok Post today. He would have turned 90 this October 21.
The daily also said that his relatives would conduct religious rites this Friday.
Chin Peng led the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) guerrilla insurgency and fought against British and Commonwealth forces to establish an independent Communist state.
