Chin Peng’s final wish gets fulfilled


IPOH: After a decade on, Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng (pic) finally got his wish.

He lost a long legal battle to be allowed back in Malaysia when the Federal Court in April 2009 ruled against his application as he was unable to prove that he was born in the country.

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