An Awnser to a Question

Its not a question of forgiving or not forgiving Chin Peng.

Its a question of whether we have a clear reason for not honouring the 1989 agreement with the CPM , which needs to be explained to the public.

The government can simply do away with all the emotional rantings by allowing the public to see the details of the agreement.Its unhealthy to allow people who have a political motive to make their own judgement about  Chin Peng's case , unless it is based on legal grounds.

According to a friend, a former IGP who signed the 1989 agreement , said  the government is bound to honour the agreement, which would allow the communists to return to Malaysia and the CPM to participate in politics after  renouncing the use of force.

Can we not find a way to discuss this issue without any emotional resort to race and religion?

Germany and Japan lost millions of innocent civilian lives during WW 2 due to deliberate Allied bombings on their cities and economic infrastructures, yet today the victors and losers  are the thickest of friends . There are many other such examples where deadly foes decided to make peace by forgetting the past and accepting the truth of what happened to their daughters, wives,mthers killed in hate by people who once were their neighbours and friends.In Bosnia, mothers  visit the graves of sons and daughters killed by the Serbs who are living across the street. Northern and Southern Vietnamese are living as friends , despite all the atrocities commited during the Vietnam war against each other.

I sometimes wonder why some people are making so much denial abt the Malayan communist insurgency . The truth is that whether we like it or not , the CPM is part of our history . There is no point denying that the Japanese conquests in S East Asia , which humilated and deflated the British empire and the communist uprisings after the war in Indo China and Malaya, which were based on the struggle against colonial imperialism  , changed the mindsets of  the British and French about their colonies . Malay politicians and historians will sound more credible if they understand the post war ideological changes which made the colonial powers realise that in order for the free world to stop the advance of Soviet and Beijing led communism into the vital region of S East Asia, they had no choice but to give independence to their colonies.The Americans in particular played a crucial role in persuading the British to give up India , as acknowledged by Nehru , India's first prime minister. When Ghandi went round theworld to fight for India's independence , he had the most warm welcome in N York and Washington. It was India's independence and the threat of communist insurgencies that persuaded the British to give independence to Malaya.

We shuld therefore accept that Chin Peng did play a role in hastening our independence and thank the British for saving us from the communists by giving us our independence.

Mohd Sheriff bin Mohd Kassim (Tan Sri)

My Awnser

 

Sadly we can't. The Malays has been totally indoctrinate to believe the untruth. We are taught to hate never to understand there is no spirit of reconciliation My grandfather was a communist leader. He was the head of the 10th Malay regiment. He was caught in 1951. He divorce Shamshiah Fakeh when he was in prison awaiting trail. Yes, he was suppose to be hang but commuted to life sentence. Most of the Malay far left then were indoctrinate by Marxist Leninist theory. People lie Tan Melaka tend to visit and establish a school in Ampang. One of the student was the late Aishah Ghani. Many of the leftist subscribe to the idea of social justice just like DAP in fact the foundation of PAP was founded by the socialist which then control the trade unionist. Lee Kuan Yew in 1964 purge all the socialist and put them in Jail with Tunku's help. If you read his book he describe Pak Samad as the most staunch communist he ever met. Why is this relevant, I just want to show they are many Malays of prominence who beleive in the idea of Karl Marx and engels. I wish the book Das Kapital is made available in the higher institution for the students to read but it's banned. Najib wants to create a glokal Malay but it is hogwash, how do you globalised the Malay if you keep them dalam tempurung?

Recently someone send an article on Indonesia here. Im proud of them. They do not have a siege mentality. They were not taught to hate but to explore thus in Indonesian society which consist of 85% Muslims they are more open more vibrant. Their works on culture, on history, on religion is full and worth reading. They are not afraid to criticize, there fatwa remains advisory not law.

So back to Chin Peng. We have demonize him to no end forgotten at the end of the war he receive 2 medals from the british, one even accorded to him in England. Yet we blame him for the Bintang 3 massacre. Recently in an article in New Straits time one malay wrote about it. Please understand Bintang 3 consist of many Chinese Communist cadre and sympathizers but it also include a smattering of Malays and Indians and Chinese who are non communist. They work with force 136. In the east coast Malays would play a bigger part. In pahang one of the Malays who work underground in no other then Ghazali Shafie even Tun Razak was part of it.

After the war before the British army came Bintang 3 went into a rampage in the west coast. Kangaroo court or people's court were set up to flush so call traitors who work with the japanese. It can be Malay Chinese or Indians. Many were killed only base on accusation. For the Malays many of them died, sadly it is because of the Japanese who treats the Malays favourably. That is why the first racial incidence occured in Sungai Manik, Parit and Bota. Many of both side die. Yet we blame it on Chin Peng he seem to be so evil even the Bukit Kepong incidence was blame on him. Chin Peng was a Maoist, indoctrinate in the Chinese School. After the war he was still not the head yet. He was just a mid level head like a branch division head. CPM general secretary then was Loi Tek, a vietnamese chinese who is a double agent. In 1947 many chinese communist head were captured or murdered during a meeting in Batu Caves. This lead to the dearth of leaders and when Loi Tek was expose as a British Agent by Chin Peng he would assume the post vacant and be the Sec General. Yet the people blame him for bintang 3 atrocities hmmm how has history been skewered.

How CPM is through cells and both work independently of one another. The bukit kepong incident was lead by mat Indera, the killing of Henry Gurney was lead by Chin teik (if Im not mistaken) and so forth, Chin Peng has very little power on their action but he is the face of CPM, he is their spokesman and if you read the star recently it is reported that he was ask whether he has renounce communism he look at the back to see his comrade Abdullah CD and Rashid Maidin and then reply,we are all remain and believe in the communist struggle. This was in Hadyai. The killing of Tun Salleh and the CPO of perak for example was also the result of the renegade marxist leninist group who has disassociate themselves from CPM. Please read his book my story.

I have written in my blog many of these stories, in the spirit of reconciliation and compassion he should be brought back and buried here. Sadly Malaysia always suffer from chronic politicization. It has to stop.

love?

It's funny with guys like me,love is something I laugh at. Perhaps not knowing unconditional love like a mother's love make me cynical.I saw a glimpse of that unconditional love once and i yearn for it but I don't think I will come across it again. To me love is to poke fun at, to laugh at the stupidity of men that need a companion for one should love at themselves to find love.Yet it is not that easy. I am drawn to people who search for love, who yearn companion,I found them interesting, something beguiling, something i need to explore and get myself into trouble all the time.I send a sort of a stanza, a malay stanza which comes to me and as a amateur writer i wrote it down. I send it to 3 girls i know, 2 knows me well. I started with mistakes here and there and end which i believe completion of my thoughts. I print below all 3

People ask me do you really love Jah or are you being you. English is very definite in her words. It define things in black and white no greys but love is subjective so I will use Malay to describe how I feel.
“ Cinta itu hanya bisa berputik jika dua insan bersatu, rasanya aman penuh kehangatan. Kasih Sayang itu ujud diantara kalian manusia yang mengenali satu sama lain tidak semestinya cinta kerana dia lebih luhur dan lebih kental tidak ganjak dim amah usia. Ya, aku kasih dan saying sama Jah, kerana bagiku dia merupakan cewek yang ideal,sempurna buat ku. Dia perlengkap ku, Dia mengakhiri  hidupku memenuhi ia dengan penuh nekmat.Dia merupakan bidadari yang kutunggu yang dijanjikan kepada Tuhan kepada setiap insannya.
Aku terhutang budi keapda Hoya Deen dan Bu Carol dan tidak lupa anak Chloe yang telah memberiku peluang medapat no pulsar Si Khatijah Ummi hatiku, jantungku dan hidupku. Dengan bantuan mereka diharapkan cinta dapat berputik dan berbunga disemai dengan kata kata indah. Aku berjanji padamu Sahabatku bahawa hingga akhir hayatku hanya ada Jah di mataku di lunuk hatiku.”

People ask me do you really love Dina or are you being you. English is very definite in her words. It define things in black and white no greys but love is subjective so I will use Malay to describe how I feel.
“ Cinta itu hanya bisa berputik jika dua insan bersatu, rasanya aman penuh kehangatan. Kasih Sayang itu ujud diantara kalian manusia yang mengenali satu sama lain tidak semestinya cinta kerana dia lebih luhur dan lebih kental tidak ganjak dimamah usia. Ya, aku kasih dan saying sama Ku Dina, kerana bagiku dia merupakan cewek yang ideal,sempurna buat ku. Dia perlengkap ku, Dia mengakhiri  hidupku memenuhi ia dengan penuh nekmat.Dia merupakan bidadari yang kutunggu yang dijanjikan kepada Tuhan kepada setiap insannya.
Aku terhutang budi keapda mu Ku Hanafiah dan AlmarhumTengku Ahmad Adzlan yang telah memberiku peluang medapat no pulsar Ku Dina Ummi hatiku, jantungku dan hidupku. Dengan bantuan mereka diharapkan cinta dapat berputik dan berbunga disemai dengan kata kata indah. Aku berjanji padamu Sahabatku bahawa hingga akhir hayatku hanya ada Dina di mataku di lubuk hatiku.”
 

People ask me do you really love Linda or are you being you. English is very definite in her words. It define things in black and white no greys but love is subjective so I will use Malay to describe how I feel.
“ Cinta itu hanya bisa berputik jika dua insan bersatu, rasanya aman penuh kehangatan. Kasih Sayang itu ujud diantara kalian manusia yang mengenali satu sama lain tidak semestinya cinta kerana dia lebih luhur dan lebih kental tidak ganjak dimamah usia. Ya, aku kasih dan sayang sama Linda, kerana bagiku dia merupakan cewek yang ideal,sempurna buat ku. Dia perlengkap ku, Dia mengakhiri  hidupku memenuhi ia dengan penuh nekmat.Dia merupakan bidadari yang kutunggu yang dijanjikan kepada Tuhan kepada setiap insannya.
Aku berterimakasih pada yang maha Esa kerana memberi peluang bagi Linda Ummi hatiku, jantungku dan hidupku. Walaupun kusedar cinta tidak dapat berputik dan berbunga disemai dengan kata kata indah. Aku berjanji pada disisa sisa hidup hayat ku bahawa hingga akhir nyawaku dicabut oleh malaikat israfil hanya ada Linda di mataku di lubuk hatiku.”

The reaction of them 3 is different. Night and day. The first one acted indifferently. I knew her since she was 8 and l knew all her siblings in fact her brother is my very good friend. She was nonchalant about it although in private she is please as a punch after all women are vain.

The second one,as expected degenerates me. Putting that in her facebook for all her friends to read. Some I heard were very spiteful as i told my friends I do not know them and as for me these will die down in 3 months max 6 months and the issue will die a normal death. She even ask her hubby so she says to write to me I have not open yet.

The third one pleases me. She, instead of being angry wails what do I want and why do i write it? She is one of those who likes me but I only knew of it when I left college. I confess that I like her too but her reaction caught me off guard, then.I wish very much i have acted sooner. She wears a hijab, a good muslimah indeed. It isfated so i send her those words because it would last forever!

I like this article, nice

I have not read the book but now I am intrigue

Nation

Published: Saturday September 14, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Saturday September 14, 2013 MYT 7:30:35 AM

Changing face of Malaysia - in Lee Kuan Yew's eyes

Comment by WONG CHUN WAI

The cover of Lee’s book ‘One Man’s View of the World’.

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The political demographic landscape has dramatically changed and will continue to move even more drastically in the coming years.
I HAVE just finished reading Lee Kuan Yew’s book – One Man’s View of the World, a collection of his analyses on various subjects across the world.
There is no denying that the former Singapore Prime Minister is a man of intellect. He is still sharp and insightful. He uses simple languages to offer his thoughts on subjects that would have turned out dull if presented by academics and diplomats.
Naturally, like many Malaysians, I started reading the chapter on Malaysia first, of which a part was conducted in a question-and-answer format.
There was one paragraph that stood out, which was his recollections on attending the meetings of the Council of Rulers in his capacity as Prime Minister of Singapore when it was still a part of Malaysia.
What he wrote is relevant to this day, and is something for all of us, especially those from the younger generation, to ponder upon even as we debate about the nation’s future following the outcome of the recent general election.
Between 1963 and 1965, as the PM of Singapore, he wrote that he had to attend the meetings of the Council of Rulers in Malaysia.
“The rulers who attended would all be Malays, dressed in uniforms and accompanied by their sword bearers. All the chief ministers had their traditional Malay dresses on and I was the sole exception.
“This was not mere symbolism. It was to drive home a point: This is a Malay country. Never should you forget that.”
But LKY’s memory has failed him somewhat. He was not the only non-Malay present. The Chief Ministers of Penang, Sarawak and Sabah were also non-Malays.
The Penang Chief Minister was Wong Pow Nee of MCA, who was the state’s first Chief Minister when Malaya was founded in 1957 and served until 1969 when the state fell to the then opposition party, Gerakan.
The first Sarawak Chief Minister was Stephen Kalong Ningkan, who was in office from 1963 to 1964. Sabah’s first CM was Donald Stephens, also from 1963 to 1964, who was then succeeded by Peter Lo Sui Yin. Stephens formed the United Sabah National Organisation while Lo was from the Sabah Chinese Association. So, in the period that Lee was referring to, he was certainly not the only non-Malay present.
Fast forward to 2013. Today, the only non-Malay and non-Muslim attending the Rulers Conference is Lim Guan Eng, the CM of Penang.
Chinese representation in the Federal Government, with the exception of those appointed from the ranks of non-politicians, has been reduced to zilch.
At the 13th general election, Umno performed slightly better to win 88 seats while the other component parties representing the Chinese – MCA, Gerakan and SUPP – suffered a bruising defeat.
The reality is that the majority of Chinese refused to vote for the Barisan Nasional, with the final analysis showing only 16% of the Chinese electorate went Barisan’s way. The Chinese vote is never permanent, and they have been known to swing their support at different elections.
But the strong swing against the Barisan was premised on the belief that they could help to form a new federal government if they threw in their lot with Pakatan Rakyat.
Many even returned from abroad and hoped to be part of history. They wanted to punish Umno but in the end, it was the Chinese-based parties they ended up punishing.
Not many were prepared to accept the reality that there were only 45 Chinese-majority seats in the 222-seat Parliament and even if every single Chinese had voted for the Opposition, there was no way the Barisan could be removed – unless the Malays decide to vote out the ruling coalition.
All that debate over the kind of electoral system, the gerrymandering process, whether it was Chinese or urban tsunami, and the rural advantage is academic when compared to the harsh political reality.
Last month, The Malaysian Insider news portal quoted Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre as saying that its survey showed that the majority of first-time Malay and young Malay voters gave their support to the Barisan, suggesting that the Opposition has not done enough to convince young Malays that their future was secure with PAS, PKR and DAP.
Given the changing population profile, Malays will form an even larger chunk of new voters in future polls than the nearly two-thirds, or 64.17% of new voters, registered this year. In analysing the voting patterns of young and first-time voters, the Merdeka Centre, as part of its study of the recent general election, found that based on the electoral rolls used on Election Day, there were some 2.7 million more voters, and the influx of new voters was more pronounced in mixed and urban seats.
It grouped these voters into five voting channels with each representing an age group. Of the five channels or groups, the youngest group of under 30s was 64.17% Malay. The voter turnout overall for all races in this group of first-time and young voters was a hefty 83.22%. Of those, just over half, or 52.96%, voted for Pakatan.
Suffian’s advice to Pakatan was that the coalition would have to continue refining its position on Malay rights and cobble together a plan with an emphasis on job and wealth creation. The Pakatan, especially the PKR, will have to stand up to fight for Malay rights and positions if it wants to win the Malay votes. It has to compete with Umno, in other words.
The PAS ulamas, in the run-up to the party polls, have already served notice to their delegates to reject the so-called Anwarinas, PAS leaders said to be aligned to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, which the hardcore have blamed for the party’s loss of Kedah and many other seats.
For an astute analyst like LKY, he would not have been surprised at the outcome of the general election.
There is much resentment in Putrajaya, until today, over how the Chinese voters had turned away from Barisan.
The Chinese, mostly in urban areas, on the other hand, see their decision as an outpouring of frustration over the many injustices with regard to opportunities from scholarships and university entrance to government contracts.
The Chinese also feel Malaysia has become more Islamised and is in danger of losing its moderate Malay identity. Money politics and corruption, which appear to have become entrenched, have also led to a sense of resentment.
The right-wing Malays, on the other hand, see the many compromises that have been made from the beginning of the nation, even over the name change from Tanah Melayu to Malaysia, the provision of citizenship and the guaranteed use of Chinese as a medium of instruction in schools, making us the one country beside China and Taiwan to do so.
As much as many of us want to see the future of Malaysia from a more Malaysian prism, the reality is that ethnicity will continue to be a factor with the Malay population growing bigger while the Chinese population continues to plunge.
In 2011, the national census revealed that Malaysia’s population doubled in size from 13.7 million in 1980 to 28.3 million in 2010.
Bumiputras numbered 17.5 million, or 67.4% of the population, while Chinese made up 24.6% of the population at 6.4 million, Indians 7.3% of the population at 1.9 million while “others” made up 0.7% of the population at 200,000.
Foreigners made up 8.2% of the population at 2.3 million – much more than the Indians.
Going by current trends, the projection is that the non-Malays will continue to drop further with some saying that by 2050, there could be 80% bumiputras in Malaysia and just 15% Chinese and about 5% Indians.
In fact, LKY, in his own words, predicted “eventually, the Chinese and Indians will exert little influence at the polling booths. When that day comes, with no votes to bargain with, the Chinese and Indians cannot hope to bring about a fair and equal society for themselves”.
Naturally, there will be those who disagree with this assessment as they strongly feel that race should not be the sole criterion in an election as Malaysia matures democratically.
They will point to the urban Malays who voted for the Opposition, citing the victory of PKR leaders in urban constituencies of Penang and Kuala Lumpur.
Race-based political parties, they believe, would fade away to make room for multi-racial parties.
But still, it is difficult for politicians aspiring for power to run away from the interests of the predominant race in this country. It’s the same in other countries as well.
In the book, LKY was asked if Malaysia becomes more homogenous, would there be a likelihood of the Malay privileges being let off, to which he replied: “You believe the majority will support leaders who want them to give up their privileges?”
And what about the Pakatan? LKY said “when it comes to the crunch, however, PR will not be able to do away with Malay supremacy” and “the moment the bluff is called and it is handed the full power to push ahead, it will either be torn apart from within or be paralysed by indecision”.
“Any party that takes the place of Umno and becomes the main party representing Malay interests will not act very differently from Umno.”
LKY cannot be faulted for his pragmatism, even if one does not agree with his politics.
The political demographic landscape has dramatically changed and will continue to move even more drastically in the coming years.
For the Chinese community, it will have to learn to be more strategic and also to be more realistic in its assessment of the community’s role in the country, as LKY had quite candidly observed.

a rascist is his statement true on Islam? Think!

Evil pure slander

Yes I begin this with Bismillah because we should praise God and below is a Malay Ustaz sermon capture in youtube ridiculing malay prominent Islamic thinkers who don’t share his views. Most of what he says is slanderous especially on Dr Asri whom he mentions by name and lying to his teeth on what Dr Asri says about dogs. It shows very mu8ch the mindset of many Malays who thinks they know all especially those that wear the Islamic garb. I have encountered this type of person many times. In fact last year one commented in my blog and commented in an arrogant way asking me whether I know the verses I recite in my solat. I do, but it bewilders me what that have to do with my article? It is in Malay but those who can’t understand it I can’t help you but I wish you can understand.  These arrogance the Malays Muslims have is not part of the Prophet way. They are not humble, don’t have the hasanah, tawadduk, speaking truth and have the akal to warrant to speak!

Return or not?

It is a pity when the Malays Muslims play to the tune of the opposition. It make them look stupid and ignorant. It's better we remain mum if the issue makes us look bad. To me the Government has decided so leave the issue alone. What am i rambling about? No other than Chin Peng return. For me out of Compassion we must let him return. He is old and senile, let him die at his birthplace here.He fought what he believe was truth. It was a war not an insurgency, later, after we achieve independence it was. But by then, they has lost the war but still the battle rages on.In 1955 at the Baling talk, it failed because they were asked to surrender not to able to participate in the post Merdeka political arena. They cant accept that.The idea was taken up by others like Pekemas later morphed to Parti Rakyat and DAP. DAP now still there and still strong. For lovers of history the period of insurgency shows the cooperation that exist between the Marxist-Leninist lead by the Malay Group the 10th Malay Regiment and the Maoist under Chin Peng combine to form MCP.For me it was the first time a workable relationship exist between 2 different spheres of ideas work to pursue one goal to get rid of the British. i love to study that.In 1989 now old the MCP leadership came to sign a peace accord not a surrender in Haadyai. Somebody to prop the image of the mamak Tun, to upmanship Tunku came to this idea to agreed to the peace treaty.Once signed it cannot be unsigned. Once agreed as muslim we must abide. Sadly we did not. We still refuse to give him his right of stay in this country he did visit here but not right of stay. He could I think ask for a Thai passport and visit here and die but he wants his right as agreed. He has fail to get it from the courts, as a layman it is sad, a travesty of justice. As a citizen we have to uphold the law but we can appeal to let him come for humanitarian sake like many other commie leaders such as Musa Ahmad, Shamshiah Fakeh and her hubby even the irrepressible Hishamuddin Rais. Is it because they are Malays and he is Chinese? I wonder. As Muslim we begin our life by reciting in the name of God Allah the most Compassion and the most Gracious and Merciful. Where is the mercy? Where is the Compassion in us? I am sad.Why so much hatred, why so much vileness?
Here are all the news recently posted.

Karpal supports Chin Peng’s return

P Ramani and Leven Woon | September 5, 2013

Even the Japanese were forgiven after twelve years of world war two but the communist party is still ostracised

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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government should not be adamant in its stand against the return of former Communist Party Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng to the country, said DAP national chairman Karpal Singh.
Karpal fully supports the call made by former special branch deputy director Yuen Yuet Leng to the government to allow Chin Peng and other former members of CPM to return to the country.
He also reiterated that the call should be seriously considered particularly in view of the 1989 accord reached between the CPM and Malaysian government.
“The time has come for the government to be pragmatic and compassionate as well as to see the plight of a senior citizen,” said Karpal
Karpal also believed that the descendants of Malaysians killed during the communist insurgency will have a re-look at the position and the time has come to forgive.
In addition, Karpal described the Japanese occupation between 1940 and 1945 as being more serious.
However, diplomatic relations between Japan and Malaysia were established after just 12 years of the surrender of the Japanese in World War II.
“The communists laid down arms 24 years ago and this itself is a good reason for the Malaysian government to allow Chin Peng and his comrades to return back to the country in the twilight years of their lives,” said Karpal
Put it to rest, says MCA

Meanwhile, when sought his opinion on the matter later, MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek said the issue of allowing Chin to return home “should be put to rest” because it was a “divisive” matter that would draw both support and criticism.
“We cannot deny that during communist insurgency, many people were killed irrespective of race.
“As an ex-policeman, (Yuen) may have his reason (to make the call), which I don’t have. He may has his information which is not made available to me
“But the nation has enough divisive factors, there is no need to introduce a new issue to continue to divide us,” he said.
Asked why the British were allowed to visit Malaysia now despite killing several nationalists such as Tok Janggut and Dato Maharajalela in colonial era, Chua sidestepped the question.
“During the war, it’s either you kill me or I kill you. This type of issue is past history,
“We should look forward on how to make sure Malaysia remained competitive and achieve the target of becoming a high-income nation by 2020,” he said.
Yesterday, the former special branch deputy director Yuen Yuet Leng in an interview with FMT called for a genuine reconciliation and urged the Malaysian government to allow the CPM members back to the country.

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‘Let Chin Peng come home’

Alfian ZM Tahir | September 4, 2013

Veteran anti-red fighter Yuen calls for genuine reconciliation
KUALA LUMPUR:  A national hero has called on the government to allow the return of Chin Peng and other former members of the defunct Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).
“The war is over and true reconciliation is long overdue,” said former Special Branch deputy director Yuen Yuet Leng in an interview with FMT. He was referring to the 1989 Haadyai peace agreement between Malaysia and the CPM.
“If we don’t reconcile, we lose the peace we’re supposed to gain after the war,” he said. “Isn’t peace what we are all looking for after all?”
The octogenarian Yuen, who spent a large part of his long police career spying against the CPM and fighting their guerillas, said he no longer harboured hard feelings against his former enemies and expressed a wish to visit them in southern Thailand.
“I hold no grudges against any of them. I wish we could meet and talk about what we went through.”
Some CPM members were allowed to return to Malaysia as soon as the 1989 accord was signed, but not Chin Peng, and other leaders of the party. They now live just north of the Thai-Malaysia border at a place known today as Peace Village.
Chin Peng, who was the party’s secretary-general and whom Malaysian authorities used to call Public Enemy Number One, has made unsuccessful requests to return, saying he wanted to die in his hometown of Sitiawan.
In May 2009, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in the midst of media debate on the issue, confirmed the government’s ban on his homecoming, saying it would “cause unhappiness” among the descendants of Malaysians killed during the communist insurgency.
But Yuen appeared to reject such an attitude, saying it was important for the nation to move forward now that it was free from the communist threat.
“Although I fought the communists almost throughout my life,” he said, “I was able to understand them.”
Yuen once infiltrated a communist camp, living with the terrorists while sending secret messages to the Malaysian police. He was nearly found out, but escaped in the nick of time.
“We were fighting a war because we had different ideologies,” he said. “But the important thing to remember is that the CPM members and us were countrymen.
“Who is right and who is wrong, nobody can tell. Of course, I feel I was right.”

‘Tiada maaf bagimu, Chin Peng’

Jamilah Kamarudin | September 5, 2013

Perkasa berkata tangan bekas setiausaha Parti Komunis Malaya itu berlumuran darah rakyat Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR: Pertubuhan Peribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) hari ini membidas cadangan supaya bekas setiausaha Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) Chin Peng dibenarkan pulang ke tanah air selepas 24 tahun menjadi pelarian di Thailand.
“Tangan Chin Peng berlumuran darah rakyat Malaysia. Kita mungkin boleh terima pengikut dia kembali tetapi bukan Chin Peng,” kata Presiden Perkasa Datuk Ibrahim Ali.
Beliau mengulas cadangan bekas Timbalan Pengarah Cawangan Khas Yuen Yuet Leng agar Chin Peng dibenarkan pulang selaras dengan perjanjian damai Haadyai 1989 yang ditandatangani kerajaan Malaysia dengan PKM.
Cadangan Yuen itu disokong Pengerusi DAP Karpal Singh yang berpendapat rakyat mungkin sudah mampu memaafkan pemimpin PKM itu,  tambahan pula keadaan Chin Peng sudah semakin uzur.
“Itu pandangan peribadi Yuen. Chin Peng kena melalui proses perbicaraan mahkamah Malaya dan dibicarakan kerana kesalahannya.
“Ada yang boleh memaafkannya, tetapi Perkasa dan polis masih tak boleh memaafkanya,” katanya.
Sementara itu, Naib Presiden Perkasa Datuk Zulkifli Noordin mencabar sasterawan negara Datuk A Samad Said menyerahkan semula secara sendiri gelaran sasterawan termasuk sijil dan wang yang diperolehinya semasa mendapat anugerah tersebut kepada kerajaan.
Beliau mengulas kenyataan A Samad yang rela gelaran sasterawannya dilucutkan selepas insiden kibar bendera ‘Sang Saka’ di Dataran Merdeka malam 30 Ogos lalu.
Beliau turut mencadangkan supaya kerajaan meneliti semula peruntukan undang-undang sedia ada yang membolehkan seseorang dilucutkan kerakyatannya kerana ‘menderhaka’ kepada negara.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Perkasa memberi amaran keras kepada Ketua Wira Perkasa Irwan Fahmi Ideris yang mengkritik kepimpinan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dalam laman blog.
Ibrahim berkata, pihaknya menerima penjelasan Irwan Fahmi, dan mengakui ianya adalah pendapat peribadi Irwam dan tidak ada kaitan dengan pendirian Perkasa.
“Mana-mana anggota Perkasa yang mahu mengeluarkan pandangan kritikal selepas ini perlu melalui mesyuarat Ahli Majlis Dewan Tertinggi.
“Jika tidak ia dianggap peribadi semata-mata dan tidak ada kaitan dengan Perkasa,” katanya.

‘Malays will never forgive CPM’

Lisa J. Ariffin | September 6, 2013

Do not stoke the ire of Malays who suffered at the hands of the CPM, warns an Umno leader.
PETALING JAYA: The Malays, especially descendents of security forces killed by communists during the Malayan Emergency, will never forgive the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) for their cruelty.
Cheras Umno division chief Syed Ali Alhabshee said this today in response to a call made by former special branch deputy director Yuen Yuet Leng to allow former CPM secretary-general Chin Peng and other former members to return to the country.
DAP national chairman Karpal Singh yesterday agreed with Yuen’s call.
“The people and country suffered during the Malayan Emergency because of Chin Peng’s cruelty. There is no reason for a communist leader to be allowed back into the country,” he said.
Syed Ali said the government must stand firm on the issue to ensure peace and stability is preserved in the country.
“This is also to prevent threats of communist ideologies and subversive movements from affecting the sovereignty of Malaysia.
“The government is facing numerous political issues, including treason by some of its citizens… the ban on their return should be maintained,” he said.
“Nowadays there are youths especially the non-Malays who are not loyal to the country. Their actions are against our culture and laws. There are some who dare insult Islam and our royals,” he added.
‘Don’t politicise issue’

Syed Ali said that the cruelty of the communists cannot be forgotten simply because the movement had disbanded, and the war is long over.
“It is not about whether or not communism has ended, but about the pain and suffering of the victims, especially the policemen and soldiers who will always be a part of our bitter history,” he said.
He urged Karpal not to politicise the issue and said the return of former CPM members had never been welcome by the public.
“I urge DAP not to politicise the issue. This is not about whether humanity can be bought or sold, this is about dignity and self-esteem attained from the sacrifices of our nation’s heroes.”
Yesterday, Malay right-wing group Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) also opposed the proposal to allow Chin Peng back into the country, saying it would hurt the people.
Perkasa vice-president Zulkifli Noordin said the cruelty of Chin Peng and the communist terrorists, which caused the death of thousands, could not be forgotten.
Zulkifli said if Chin Peng was brought back to Malaysia, the former CPM leader would have to be tried for his past offences.
Earlier yesterday, Karpal said the Malaysian government should not be adamant in its stand against the return of Chin to the country.
He also reiterated that the call should be seriously considered particularly in view of the 1989 accord reached between the CPM and Malaysian government.

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