Malayan Communist Party

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The Malayan Communist Party was a communist political and guerrilla organization in British Malaya that led an armed insurgency against colonial and later Malaysian authorities in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
guerrilla organization
political party
armedWing Malayan National Liberation Army
conflict Malayan Emergency
Second Malayan Emergency
World War II in Malaya
country British Malaya
Malaysia
dissolved 1989
ethnicComposition predominantly ethnic Chinese
foundedBy Chinese communists in Malaya
Communist Party of China
goal end British colonial rule
establish a communist state in Malaya
headquartersLocation Malaya
Singapore
southern Thailand
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
inception 1930
languageOfCommunication Chinese
English
Malay
legalStatus banned in Malaya
illegal in Malaysia
notableLeader Abdullah CD
Chin Peng
Lai Chin
Lai Teck
Rashid Maidin
Suriani Abdullah
opposedTo British colonial rule in Malaya
Federation of Malaya government
Malaysian government
partOf international communist movement
peaceAgreement Hat Yai Peace Accord
peaceAgreementDate 1989
peaceAgreementWith Government of Malaysia
Government of Thailand
politicalPosition far-left
roleInConflict conducted guerrilla warfare in jungles of Malaya
fought Japanese occupation as resistance movement
led armed insurgency against British authorities
supportedBy some segments of Chinese community in Malaya
trainingLocation camps in southern Thailand
jungle bases in Malaya
usedTactic assassination of colonial officials
guerrilla warfare
sabotage


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