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| Penang Gerakan: Let Chin Peng return |
| Written by Regina William | |||
| Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:18 | |||
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In a statement, Teng said communism all over the world including China and Russia had transformed and was moving towards economy-based struggles and extreme communist terrorism practiced in the 50s is non-existent now. Echoing the call by Penang-based Citizens International chairman S M Mohamed Idris to the government to allow Chin Peng to return to the country, Teng urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to review Chin Peng’s case. Chin Peng, who was born in Sitiawan, Perak, has brothers and sisters, and close relatives who are staying in Butterworth, Perak and all over Malaysia. "He is now 85 years old and wishes to return to Malaysia, his birthplace. He had even appealed to the High Court to allow him to return but the appeal was rejected. "The government should fulfill his wishes," said Teng, adding that Chin Peng’s family would be very happy to see him back. Idris said during a press conference Tuesday the struggle waged by the liberation movement led by Chin Peng, Rashid Mydin, Abdullah C D, Shamsiah Fakeh and others had contributed to the independence of Malaya. He also described Chin Peng as a Malaysian patriot who fought the British colonialists from the age of 15 and "sacrificed everything he had to free this country from British control, domination and exploitation". Idris said an appeal letter would be sent to Najib. Chin Peng is currently living in exile in Bangkok. He failed in his last bid to return to Malaysia after the Federal Court on April 30 upheld two lower courts' decisions compelling him to produce his identification documents before he could enter the country.
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