Finally, it is all over. Communist Party of Malaya Secretary General Chin “Butcher of Malaya” Peng died in a Bangkok hospital at 620am this morning. He was 90 years old.
Published: Monday September 16, 2013 MYT 12:29:00 PM
Updated: Monday September 16, 2013 MYT 12:47:51 PMFormer Malayan communist chief Chin Peng dies in Bangkok at age 90
PETALING JAYA: Chin Peng, former secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), died at a hospital in Bangkok on Monday morning. He was 90 years old, the Bangkok Post reported.
He died of old age and was pronounced dead at 6.20am, reports said.
His relatives will perform religious rites for him on Friday, the daily said.
Chin Peng led the MCP’s guerrilla insurgency and fought against British and Commonwealth forces to establish an independent Communist state.
The insurgency officially ended on Dec 2, 1989 when the Malaysian government signed a peace treaty with MCP, less than a month after the Berlin Wall came down.
He lived in exile in Thailand and was not permitted to return in Malaysia, the Bangkok Post said.
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Chin “Butcher of Malaya” Peng led Communist Party of Malaya to brutally terrorise and committed atrocities which saw 18,000 lives killed merciless for 12 years of Emergency (1948-1960). Mostly non combatants, women, children and old folks. Rubber estates, smokehouses, mining dredgers, factories, warehouses, barracks and even kampungs were not spared from being razed down or partly wrecked.
The communist rebels attacked Bukit Kepong Police Station on 25 Feb 1950 where 27 persons were killed. Again in Kroh, Upper Perak on 17 June 1968 where 17 Field Force Policemen were ambushed and killed.
In December 1955 after winning a landslide Federal Consultative Council first general election in Malaya, then Chief Minister Tun Abdul Rahman wanted to meet Chin Peng in person and end this merciless armed rebellion, since it is proven majority of Malayans are behind him.
So the ‘Baling Talks’ were held and Tunku offered amnesty and return to ordinary Malayan society. Chin Peng rejected it and went back into the jungle, to continue armed struggle and terrorise Malayans.
A very huge bounty for the Most Wanted Man in Malaya alive, 1 May 1952
He continued the armed rebellion even after Federation of Malaya achieved Kemerdekaan. Emergency ended in 1960.
However, CPM refreshed their struggle. The 17 June 1968 ambush on the Field Force Police patrol in Kroh is known as the beginning of the ‘Second Emergency’. This is the two throng strategy of CPM in mid sixties when the armed struggle was waning, Chin Peng changed his tactics and gotten his Min Yuens to infiltrate and move within formally established organisations such as trade unions and political parties, such as the DAP, Gerakan, Socialist Party and Labour Party. They are supposed to sow radicalism, extremism and subversive elements via their posts and organisations.
This led to the bloody racial riot of 13 May 1969.
After failing to prop the Chinese Chauvinists to take over the Federal Government with the bloody racial riots, Chin Peng changed his strategy. Assasination of leaders especially security and military chiefs are planned. As such, IGP Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim was shot at close range on 7 June 1974 and Perak CPO Tan Sri Khoo Chong Kong 13 November 1975.
After years on intense intelligence work by the Police Special Branch led by then Director Dato’ Rahim Md Noor, the Hadyaii Accord was singed on 2 December 1989. The CPM armed rebellion finally came to an end.
Hadyaii Accord, signed 2 Dec 1989
For years he wanted to come back. He even apologised for his sins. Lately the Opposition, especially the Chinese Chauvinist DAP advocated the return of Chin Peng to Malaya but was vehemently opposed. The matter was taken to court. Even his Malaysian citizenship has been questioned. Finally, after a long legal battle the Federal Court decided against it on 7 December 2010.
His citizenship and right to return was questioned again. IGP Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar’s remark to this:
Chin Peng not a citizen, say police
BY LEE SHI-IAN
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
LATEST UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 11:54 PM
Bukit Aman does not consider Chin Peng a citizen and does not see any reason why his remains should be brought back to Malaysia.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pic) said there is nothing more to discuss about the former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya.
“I’m not sure whether he obtained a citizenship from Thailand, but he is not a Malaysian,” he told The Malaysian Insider today.
“He has passed away so I don’t see what the issue is now,” Khalid said, declining to comment on the earlier statements made by former IGP Tan Sri Rahim Noor on Chin Peng.
In November 2009, Rahim had backed Chin Peng’s right to return to Malaysia, at least on a social visit.
Former Malayan communist chief Chin Peng (pic) died in Bangkok today, Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reported. He would have turned 90 this October 21.
The daily said his relatives will conduct religious rites this Friday.
Chin Peng led the guerrilla insurgency and fought against British and Commonwealth forces to establish an independent Communist state.
Chin Peng, whose real name was Ong Boon Hua, had been living in exile, mostly in Thailand, after the party signed an agreement in Haadyai in 1989 to end hostilities.
The Haadyai agreement was inked on December 2, 1989 by CPM leaders and senior government officials representing Malaysia and Thailand and signalled the end of the decades-long jungle war in the two countries.
The agreement also allowed for CPM members to return home, if they so desired, but till the end, Putrajaya refused to allow him back. – September 16, 2013.
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His death in Bangkok is now a closure of something evil and very painful, which started on 15 August 1945 when Japan announces it surrender. It is a good 50 Years Malaysia Day commemoration gift for all Malaysians.
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In a media conference in Kota Kinabalu, Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak said that the ashes of Chin “Butcher of Malaya” Peng or his real name Ong Boon Hua would not allowed to be brought back to Malaysia.
The "thirteen million plus Ringgit" guy rambles.... 
Good riddance….
I wish we could have put him on trial and hang him for his crime though.
Is there any plan to turn his burial site into public urinal or something?
The best present for Malaysia Day.
Indeed!!
The malaysian media should be there to record and photograph the opposition’s figures attending that funeral rites. Then the rests of us MALAYSIANS should know what and who are true malaysians.
we lost some relatives during the ‘bintang tiga’ days. my late mother never failed to remind us of that. my granduncles were policemen then.
chin peng’s cohorts in the little town that we lived got rehabilitated when the emergency was over – somehow the village folks just accepted that as a deal to be honoured. there was no vengeful payback time. things quickly got back to normal.
the malays were pacifists mainly and should be respected for that. i think The Star is trying to open up a debate whether he should be thought of a hero or something.
a massive disrespect to the thousands murdered by this guy and his army. unbelievable how history is now trying to be rewritten by some.
Next in line LKY.
Sad that he didnt catch the train chin peng boarded.
the response by the indians and chinese anglophiles are outrageous..they are actively glorifying him just for the sake of soiling the dignity of our country…at one hand they mourn that Malaysia didnt end up a colony yet they are grateful to the likes of butcher Chin peng for fighting the British?….im seething with rage..truly a terrorist this Chin Peng and his minions.
Its funny to see mainly middle-class people praise Chin Peng. Such people would have been the first to be eliminated as “class enemies” by the Communist Party if they ever achieved power. This is a reminder to those ignorant people what would have happened if we had a Commie government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_Communist_regimes
History hv shown that Chin Peng dedicated himself to Communist Internationale after Japan invaded China.
He brought the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) to work with the British Forces after the outbreak of WW II after being instructed to do so by USSR. After WW II he carried out the orders of USSR to start a rebellion to control of power.
It was explicit instruction of Communist Party of China that CPM’s membership is drawn mainly from the Chinese communities and more importantly the leadership is kept only for Chinese.
The security and defense forces, especially the Police hv been fighting the communist terrorists since June 1948.
The brutalised fellow Malayans.
Chin Peng and the struggle of CPM was never about driving the British out. It was about creating a Chinese communist government.
As expained by BD, Chin Peng and CPM did not lay down their struggle when the Indepedence was achieved and the British left. They literally soildered on, against Malayans who ruled a sovereign nation through democratic means.
The peace initiative actually materialised with CPM’s overtures to start to talk to the Federal Govt after Rashid Maidin wrote to then DPM Abdul Ghafar Baba in 1988.
Then PM Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad agreed and the series of talk began. Federal Govt was very generous in their offer, where after the accord was signed, CPM members of Malayan and Singaporean origin could apply to return to their hometowns.
That offer expires after 1 year.
The fact has shown that Chin Peng did not apply to return, within the stipulated time.
Thus it is assumed that he didn’t want to return and prefer to remain in Thailand.
What is interesting who paid for Chin Peng’s medical bills since he has been hospitalised in Bangkok for a long time.
Is he a Thai citizen now and enjoy benefits of a citizen, which incl prolonged medical care?
IF so, IGP Khalid Abu Bakar is not wrong to state that Chin Peng would be happy if his ashes is interned in Thailand, the country where he lived for a very long time (more than time spent in Malaysia).
Agree with you 1,000 %!!
Bro BD lets reject the vile attempts by revisionists and sundry racists to potray chin peng the terrorist as a hero. He committed atrocities and caused untold damage and misery to the people. Those who glorify him are utterly reprehensible and totally disrespect the memory of his numerous victims. Many of us have parents and/or relatives who suffered terribly during his vicious terror campaign. The mere mention of his name makes the blood boil, even after his death!
Agree 999% with you!!!
IT’S HISTORY NOW……SAYONARA…
LOVE PEACEFUL MALAYSIA.
THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIM CAN ALWAYS JOIN HIM….NO PROBLEM.
….in hell.
Lim Kit Siang has assured that Chin Peng has a place in history, It must be his story.
A lot of hisses.
After Chin Peng, Kit Siang is the immediate next MOST HATED face among the Malays.