APT WARNING BY THE LATE C.C TOO AGAINST LEGACY OF CHIN PENG ‘S STRUGGLE

During these final days of the leader of the Communist Party of Malaya  (CPM) leader Chin Peng, we should look briefly into his more than 40 years of guerilla struggle which was also supported by the Malay leftist-nationalists who aspired to establish the concept of “Melayu Raya” as the power in the Malay archipelago.
Several Malay nationalists like  Shamsiah Fakeh, Zainab Baginda, Musa Ahmad, Abu Samah, Ibrahim Cik and others, joined the MCP in armed struggle in the forest, but Dr. Burhanuddin, Pak Sako, Ahmad Boestaman and others, fought as front liners in several political parties that were banned during the rule of the British colonial.
In fact after Independence, they continued to be pressured and several of their key leaders, like Dr. Burhanuddin, Ahmad Boestaman and Ishak Haji Muhammad, were sent to jail because they continued to champion Melayu Raya.
With the exception of Rashid Maidin and Abdullah C.D who believed in the communist ideology, many of the Malay leftist-nationalists did not openly showed their opposition to CPM and both quarters seemed to have an understanding and confidence of being able to continue to work together if their struggle in fighting the British and the pro-British Independent Malaya government succeeded.
Perhaps, this belief also exist in the cooperation between DAP, PAS and Keadilan in Pakatan Rakyat now, but be reminded, the aspiration of Melayu Raya was shattered by CPM from the beginning.
Next, I’m going to give a brief picture, hypothetically, by providing facts from both sides, not just from the Malayan and Malaysian Special Branch Police, but also from books written by the 10th Malay Regiment of CPM.
Whatever the interpretation given to them, whether as terrorists or traitors or independence guerilla fighters, what cannot be denied is their determination and sacrifice that they were willing to leave their families, suffered for years in the jungles, being tortured and threatened with death all the time.
Malay leftist fighters like Ibrahim Yaacob, Ishak Haji Mommad,  Samad Ismail, Dr. Burhanuddin, Ahmad Boestaman and many Utusan Melayu people before the Utusan strike  in 1961, believed that the Malay power could reduce the Chinese power in the Malay Settlement and Singapores, if the joint struggle succeeded.
This is clear in the thinking of Utusan Melayu Deputy Chief Editor, A. Samad Ismail, in an interview with James Mitchener in The New Intellectual in his book, The Voice of Asia (1951). Samad expressed confidence that the problems of the Communist Chinese could be addressed with the rise of a new power.The new power meant by him was Melayu Raya and that was also what was understood by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Samad’s colleague during the early stage, in his memoirs which resulted in him to be prejudicial against Samad.
However, Rashid Maidin, the leader of the CPM’s 10th Regiment, wrote in his memoirs, "Daripada Perjuangan Bersenjata Kepada Perdamaian"  (From Armed Struggle To Peace) on page 20-21, provided evidence which dismissed Samad’s belief because according to Rashid, when the Japanese surrendered to the Allies, the MCP disagreed on the declaration of independence with Indonesia, as was done by Soekarno.
The simultaneous declaration of independence was proposed by Ibrahim Yaacob to CPM.
Rasid said, "In fact Ibrahim Yaacob himself, Head of the Young Malay Union and Keris during the Japanese occupation, had proposed to Lai Tek, (the first MCP secretary-general) for the simultaneous declaration of independence, together oppose the re-entry of the British, each had weapons, Ibrahim Yaacob had weapons left by the Japanese and the CPM had weapons supplied by the British, but the suggestion by Ibrahim Yaacob was rejected by Lai Tek and Ibrahim Yaacob was forced to flee to Indonesia".
If this was done by Lai Tek, because he was a British agent, then how would Chin Peng react when Indonesian Foreign Minister, Subandrio, who was also a member of the Indonesian Communist Party, requested for CPM’s support during the Indonesian Confrontation.
Aloysius Chin, Deputy Director of Special Branch (Operation), the Royal Malaysia Police, who retired in 1985, stated in his book, The Communist Party Of Malaya The Inside Story (page 115), that MCP secretary-general, Chin Peng made a policy statement of CPM supporting the Indonesian confrontation was a mere lip service as a show of respect for Subandrio (this is certainly based on information obtained by the Special Branch).
"In reality, the CPM did not support the ganyang (crush) Malaysia campaign organized by Indonesia because its success could lead to the possibility of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to be influential in Malaysia and the possibility of the CPM be controlled by the PKI,” he said.
This gives a perception that the CPM feared control by the Malays (PKI) and that chauvinism prevailed over communist ideology.
Meanwhile, Shamsiah Fakeh, who also fought with the CPM and in the end was sent to China to be doctrinated in the 1960s, in her book , Memoirs of Shamsiah Fakeh, wrote how she and her husband were tortured in China after being expelled from CPM in Beijing and was sentenced to two years’ jail for her lack of faith in communism or the teachings of Mao Tze Tong.
They were brought before the CPM members at the CPM Court in Beijing, “We were tied up, slapped, forced to bow and plead guilty. The hitter was the CPM Youths, comprising children of CPM members in China” (page 118)."At that time, Chin Peng was the  Head of the CPM Central Committee Delegation in China in 1982. All these happened before Chin Peng’s eyes”. (page 116).  The CPM has an organisation in Beijing.
It turned out that Utusan Melayu Deputy Chief Editor, A. Samad Ismail, a nationalist who became a frontliner of the communist in the Singapore ABL (Anti British League), missed out in his prediction to James Mitchener that "Some of the Chinese are comunists yes, but they are of no significance. I choose to believe that the Chinese we have will not follow communism but will instead become a part of a new Malay nation. Their interest is with us and not with China."
What was meant by Samad with the new Malay Nation? Certainly, Melayu Raya.
Actually, the cooperation between Pakatan Rakyat, comprising Pas, Parti Keadilan and DAP, which wanted to amend the country’s constitution, is almost similar with the concept of cooperation between CPM and the Malay leftist parties and Malay nationalists, including Utusan Melayu which wanted to change the Federal Constitution to the People’s Constitution since the late 40s.
Anwar Ibrahim himself had a history of a leftist struggle since his university days with his revolutionary action where lying became a culture. For example, in 1974, the country was rocked by a demonstration by rubber tappers in Balingbecause there were rubber tappers who died of starvation. This demonstration was masterminded by ABIM.
I, myself, as a Utusan journalist, was sent to Baling to check the news, but after checking with the police doctors, village head and residents in Wing, where the alleged rubber tappers died, it was found that the allegation was baseless.
Soon after being sacked gtom UMNO, Anwar, in a flash, launched endless street demonstrations which shook the country, depicting various struggles by the people.
Actually, many Pas leaders do not trust Anwar, but it is a mean to an end. Pas believes that if its succeeds on conquering Putrajaya, it can control Anwar or Keadilan, but will Keadilan be with Pas in this ploy after the election?
Perhaps, Pas, which used to support the Indonesian confrontation under the leadership of the Malay nationalists to realize the concept of Melayu Raya, and now under the ulama leadership, believes a new Islamic state with DAP and Parti Keadilan could be established after the 13th general election.
It is not impossible that this will be a reality because DAP would not follow CPM which opposed Melayu Raya, because DAP believes in the Pas’ ulama liberalism which has been proven with Pas acceptance of Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership, despite his moral problems, and other tolerant attitude by Pas on religion.
If now they can cooperate and bury their differences to achieve power, what more after the election, to retain power.
The shadow cabinet of the Malaysian People’s Republic government under Pakatan Rakyat , comprises Haji Abdul  Hadi Awang as the President, Lim Kit Siang as the Prime Minister and Anwar Ibrahim as the Minister of  Various Religion.
It is apt the prediction by the country’s head of psychological warfare  (1956-1983) , the late Tan Sri C.C. Too, that  "CPM(PKM) was merely "temporarily suspending" its armed struggle,but through infiltration and subversion  with the help of communist surrogates would create a " new revolutionary  situatian" which would be expedited and aggravated by any future economic recession in the country.
"History is likely to repeat itself unless timely and positive action are taken to prevent any recurrence" (The CPM The Inside Story  Aloysius Chin halaman 248).
But now help no longer comes from a particular source, but from various sources., but the objective of their struggle remain one. What remains the frontier of strength is economy, but gangsterism is eroding the trust of the people and foreign countries every day.