Former CPM chairperson Abdullah CD arriving at the commemorative ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the peace accords THE issue of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) is definitely one that is framed according to the racial lines that divide us as a nation. For example, the prevailing myth is that the CPM was an […]
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Peace treaty with CPM commemorated without M’sia
By Deborah Loh
DESPITE being a signatory to the 1989 tripartite Haadyai Peace Agreement, no official representative from Malaysia attended the 20th anniversary commemorative ceremony held on 30 Nov 2009 in Haadyai, Thailand. The two other signatories to the accords, the Thai government and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), were respectively represented by Thai Deputy Interior Minister […]
Info Dept: People reject Chin Peng’s return
YAN, 15 June 2009: A Malaysian Information Department study reveals that the people do not want the government to allow former Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng to return to the country. Chin Peng (Pic extracted from the cover of My Side of History, published by Media Masters Singapore, 2003) Information Department director-general Datuk […]
Home Ministry denies govt reneged on CPM peace pact
PUTRAJAYA, 2 June 2009: The Home Ministry today refuted claims by some quarters that the government had reneged on its peace agreement with the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) signed on 2 Dec 1989. Its deputy minister, Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, said 442 ex-CPM members applied to return to Malaysia, but only 406 attended […]
