Chin Peng is the leader of the communist party of Malaya . He was well known for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency which occurred between 1948 to 1960. Communist Party of Malaya as claimed by Chin Peng, was the factor that was instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence in 1957. But, it was not the only factor. Other factors such as the British government and the United Malays National Organisations(UMNO) were also instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence.
Notwithstanding the fact that what Chin Peng said about the MCP being instrumental in gaining independence for Malaya, they were not the sole reason. It was in fact the UMNO, UMNO was important as it was the basis of which the …show more content…
The British, created the Malayan Union initially to please the MCP by granting more autonomous rights to the Indian and Chinese immigrants in Malaya. However, this meant that the Malay Aristocrats every little bit of their power they had left would be taken away and this would stir feelings among the Malays. The UMNO was then formed to protest against the Malayan Union as they realized that a much stronger Malay stand was necessary to protect their race and promote the Federation of Malaya. This was of importance to the communists as they could exploit the fact that the Chinese immigrants were not getting equal rights and the communists could gain support from them which led to the Malayan emergency , the defeat of the MCP and the independence of Malaya. One more contribution of the UMNO was the baling talks which led to independence. The purpose of the baling talks was to resolve the Malayan emergency. The Baling talks were held in the government english school at baling on December 28 and 29 which lasted more than 8 hours, spread over 2 days. Chin Peng, Rashid maidin and Chen tien represented the MCP while …show more content…
Its main objective was to deprive the communists of supplies of food, money, medicine, men and information. The government did this by moving the villagers and squatters at the edge of the jungles, who were intimidated by the communists in the jungle, to new villages with better treatment and protection. This was to prevent the villages from having any form of contact with the communist. By doing so, the communist will be unable to gain any forms of benefits from the villagers who were intimidated by them. Also, they can gain information from any villagers who had any contact with the communist on the MCP. Another thing they did to prevent the communist from getting food was "operation starvation", which was the use of ration cards to prevent people from having too much food. This would stop the communist from having access to the country's food supply through the villagers at the edge of the
Notwithstanding the fact that what Chin Peng said about the MCP being instrumental in gaining independence for Malaya, they were not the sole reason. It was in fact the UMNO, UMNO was important as it was the basis of which the …show more content…
The British, created the Malayan Union initially to please the MCP by granting more autonomous rights to the Indian and Chinese immigrants in Malaya. However, this meant that the Malay Aristocrats every little bit of their power they had left would be taken away and this would stir feelings among the Malays. The UMNO was then formed to protest against the Malayan Union as they realized that a much stronger Malay stand was necessary to protect their race and promote the Federation of Malaya. This was of importance to the communists as they could exploit the fact that the Chinese immigrants were not getting equal rights and the communists could gain support from them which led to the Malayan emergency , the defeat of the MCP and the independence of Malaya. One more contribution of the UMNO was the baling talks which led to independence. The purpose of the baling talks was to resolve the Malayan emergency. The Baling talks were held in the government english school at baling on December 28 and 29 which lasted more than 8 hours, spread over 2 days. Chin Peng, Rashid maidin and Chen tien represented the MCP while …show more content…
Its main objective was to deprive the communists of supplies of food, money, medicine, men and information. The government did this by moving the villagers and squatters at the edge of the jungles, who were intimidated by the communists in the jungle, to new villages with better treatment and protection. This was to prevent the villages from having any form of contact with the communist. By doing so, the communist will be unable to gain any forms of benefits from the villagers who were intimidated by them. Also, they can gain information from any villagers who had any contact with the communist on the MCP. Another thing they did to prevent the communist from getting food was "operation starvation", which was the use of ration cards to prevent people from having too much food. This would stop the communist from having access to the country's food supply through the villagers at the edge of the