Remembering the People’s Progressive Party of Malaya

DURING the British rule of Malaya, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was the sole and most active Opposition party in the 1950s.

The party was founded in Perak by two Tamil Ceylonese brothers, DR and SP Seenivasagam, who were British-trained barristers from London’s Inns of Court. They fought for the rights of the poor, particularly petty traders, hawkers, taxi drivers and those who were illegally detained.