During that time he met Comrade Bala, Siti Aishah Abdul Wahab and two other Malaysians who were also part of Comrade Bala's group.
"During that time in the late 1960s, there were all sorts of volatile situations in Vietnam, China, France, the US, and students became radicalized. But very few became Maoists, and even those that did eventually left the cause."
Dr Syed lost track of the group after he returned to Malaysia.
