Thursday, June 4, 2009

Chin Peng, Communism and Malaya

Uphold the Spirit of Reconciliation in the Haadyai Peace Accords - Centre for Policy Initiative; 4 June 2009
Twenty years ago, the Haadyai Peace Accords were signed between our government and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), which ended the protracted anti-British-turned-civil war, and marked the beginning of national reconciliation process beneficial to national unity and nation building as a whole.
Among other things, CPM’s contributions to the independence process was finally recognized by our government when Datuk Rahim Noor, the then IGP and head of government negotiating team, made an announcement that “Malaysia did not deny or dispute the CPM’s contribution to the struggle for independence.”............................according to Chin Peng’s lawyer Darshan Singh Khaira, Clause 3.1 of the Peace Accords also stipulates that the former CPM members who have laid down their arms and desire to return home to Malaysia should be allowed to do so freely. .......Read details at Centre for Policy Initiatives

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