Chin Peng

Chin Peng (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013), born Ong Boon Hua, was a Malayan communist guerilla leader and politician, who was the long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chin.
Chin Peng
陳平
Chin Peng in his later years
Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party
In office
6 March 1947 – 2 December 1989
Preceded byLai Teck
Succeeded byNone (party dissolved)
Politburo Member of the Malayan Communist Party
In office
July 1946 – 2 December 1989
Personal details
Born
Ong Boon Hua

(1924-10-21)21 October 1924
36 Kampung Koh, Sitiawan, Dindings, Straits Settlements, British Malaya
Died16 September 2013(2013-09-16) (aged 88)
Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
NationalityMalayan
Political partyMalayan Communist Party
Spouse
Lee Khoon Wah
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(m. 1945; died 2008)​
Children
  • Ong Boo Kok (son)
  • 1 daughter
Parents
  • Ong Sing Piaw (father)
  • Kuan Kheng Bee (mother)
RelativesLee Chong (nephew)
OccupationPolitician, guerilla leader
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During World War II, he fought as an anti-colonialist guerrilla in the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army against the Japanese occupation of Malaya. He led the party's guerrilla insurgency in the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960), fighting against British and Commonwealth forces in an attempt to establish an independent socialist state. After the MCP's defeat and subsequent Malayan independence, Chin waged a second campaign (1968–1989) from exile against the newly formed government of Malaysia in an attempt to replace its government with a socialist one. This second insurgency came to an end with the Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989.

Chin Peng died at the age of 88, in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was cremated according to Buddhist rites.

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