Chin Peng’s last wish to go unfulfilled


KOTA KINABALU: Chin Peng’s last wish ­– to be buried in his birthplace in Sitiawan, Perak – will go unfulfilled as the Government will bar his remains from entering Malaysia.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said even the ashes of the former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) would not be allowed back.

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