Chin Peng
Malaysian politician
Died when: 88 years 330 days (1066 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Chin Peng (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013), born Ong Boon Hua, was a Malayan communist politician, anti-fascist activist and long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA).
During World War II, he fought as an anti-fascist guerrilla fighter in the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army against the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
A determined anti-colonialist, 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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