Chin Peng

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Chin Peng was the longtime leader of the Malayan Communist Party who headed the communist insurgency against British and Malayan authorities during and after the Malayan Emergency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla leader
person
politician
revolutionary
ally Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army
surface form: Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army
awardReceived Order of the British Empire
surface form: Order of the British Empire (revoked)
birthName Ong Boon Hua
causeOfDeath cancer
conflict Malayan Emergency
surface form: Malayan Communist insurgency (1968–1989)

Malayan Emergency
countryOfCitizenship British Malaya
dateOfBirth 1924-10-21
dateOfDeath 2013-09-16
describedAs longtime leader of the Malayan Communist Party
symbol of communist insurgency in Malaya
ethnicGroup Chinese
event signed 1989 peace agreement with Malaysian and Thai governments
gender male
ideology Marxism–Leninism
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
English
memberOf Malayan Communist Party
movement communism
nativeName 陳平
nativeNameLanguage zh
notableEvent stripped of British wartime honours
notableFor leadership of the Malayan Communist Party
leading the communist insurgency in Malaya
notableWork My Side of History
occupation guerrilla commander
politician
revolutionary
opponent British colonial authorities in Malaya
Malayan Emergency
surface form: Commonwealth armed forces in Malaya

Federation of Malaya
surface form: Federation of Malaya government

Government of Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian government
participatedIn World War II resistance against Japanese occupation in Malaya
placeOfBirth Perak
surface form: Sitiawan, Perak, British Malaya
placeOfDeath Bangkok
surface form: Bangkok, Thailand
politicalStatusInMalaysia banned from entering Malaysia after independence
positionHeld Chin Peng self-linksurface differs
surface form: Secretary-General of the Malayan Communist Party
residence Thailand
roleDuringWorldWarII guerrilla fighter against Japanese forces
subjectOf controversies over return of his remains to Malaysia
surrenderedArms 1989
wasExiled true

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subject surface form: Baling Talks
Chin Peng positionHeld Chin Peng self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Secretary-General of the Malayan Communist Party