Former Communist Party of Malaya secretary-general Chin Peng has passed away at a hospital in Bangkok.
According to the Bangkok Post, he was pronounced dead at 6.20am.
Chin Peng, born Ong Boon Hua in 1924, is reviled by the Malaysian authorities over CPM's insurgency which left many Malaysians dead and ended only in 1989 after a peace treaty was signed.
However, some historians said Chin Peng has his place in historyas he had led communist forces against the Japanese invaders and British colonialist.
The peace treaty resulted in Chin Peng living in exile in Southern Thailand. He has made unsuccessful attempts at convincing the Malaysian court to allow his return.
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