chin peng is not a malaysian

,,, so ruled the court because it wanted chin peng to prove his citizenship by showing proof of identification. read about this in malaysiakini.

huh? he is not? i thought he was the famous communist from malaysia, so isn’t he a malaysian then?

darshan singh, chin peng’s lawyer said:

"We are unable to make sense of the ruling because Chin Peng had already said his identification papers were seized by the authority of the day in the 1940s and so he is unable to produce them," he added.

Darshan said the former communist leader should be allowed to return under a December 1989 peace agreement between the government and CPM members.

"The agreement signed by Malaysia, Thailand and the CPM says those of Malayan origin are allowed to return and Chin Peng was born in Malaya," he said, using the country’s pre-independence name.

"The government must honour its obligations to Chin Peng," he added.

yeah chin peng was born in malaysia (er… then… malaya), so doesn’t that means he is a malaysian?

chin peng is 85 years old already… for heaven’s sake, what harm can a 85 years old, old man do? why is the government so against him returning to malaysia? well not only the government but certain people (like some ex servicemen)… those who were still vengeful, those unforgiving ones, those whose hearts are hard as stone. they will launch into a "what if your loved ones were murdered so cruely by chin peng" or "you have no seen with your own eyes the evil chin peng had done", blah blah blah. they don’t want chin peng to return to malaysia because they felt that with his return, it would open old hurt wounds, bring back past hurtful memories. but for heaven’s sake, that was a long long time ago. oh, they can’t let go. in that case, sorry to say it, but i pity them.

ok, here is the full article from malaysiakini:

Malaysia’s exiled former communist chief, who fought a bloody 12-year guerrilla campaign, has lost his latest bid to return to the country, his lawyer said today.

Chin Peng, the former secretary-general of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), took legal action after the government rejected his 2003 request to return.

But the bid, according to his counsel Darshan Singh Khaira, has now been rejected by the Court of Appeal who upheld a earlier ruling that Chin Peng show identification papers to prove his citizenship.

"Chin Peng is obviously disappointed by the ruling but he says he will continue his fight to return home until all legal avenues are exhausted," said Darshan.

"We are unable to make sense of the ruling because Chin Peng had already said his identification papers were seized by the authority of the day in the 1940s and so he is unable to produce them," he added.

Darshan said the former communist leader should be allowed to return under a December 1989 peace agreement between the government and CPM members.

"The agreement signed by Malaysia, Thailand and the CPM says those of Malayan origin are allowed to return and Chin Peng was born in Malaya," he said, using the country’s pre-independence name.

"The government must honour its obligations to Chin Peng," he added.

Appeal to nation’s highest court 

Darshan said he was preparing Chin Peng’s appeal to the Federal Court, the country’s highest judicial body.

Born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan in Malaysia’s northern Perak state in 1923, Chin Peng won the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and two medals for helping the British fight the Japanese in Malaya during World War II.

He later led the communist party, backed by China, in a guerrilla campaign against the British colonial and Malay governments between 1948 and 1960, in which hundreds were killed. Chin Peng left Malaysia in 1961 and has been in exile since.

Malaysia in 2003 denied his request to return on grounds he was still linked to a banned organisation with a "history of perpetrating terrorism" in the country. Chin Peng currently lives in exile in Thailand, his lawyer said.

-AFP