Duo arrested at Penang airport after alert over Chin Peng's ashes


Plainclothes policemen escorting one of the two suspects (in yellow shirt, centre back) out of the arrival hall of Penang International Airport to be brought to the police station in Georgetown.

PENANG: The Penang International Airport was a flurry of activity when two men, who arrived from Bangkok, were detained for carrying memorabilia of the late Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng.

The two, who arrived Tuesday night at 9.55pm, were arrested immediately and taken to the nearby Bayan Baru police station.

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