Unsung heroes of Government-CPM talks

He was only a teenager when the 1955 Baling Talks between the communists and the Government held the nation in thrall. But more than 30 years later, LAM LI reports, Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin had an up-close-and-personal experience at the second round of peace negotiations held in Haadyai, an experience he shares in his forthcoming book, Unsung Heroes.  

BARELY a few weeks on the market, the memoirs of the bygone Communist Party of Malaya’s (CPM) secretary-general Chin Peng has seized the top spot on the best-selling lists of bookstores around the country.