CPM’s Abdullah CD dies at 100

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CPM’s Abdullah CD dies at 100

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14, 2024: Former Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) chairman Abdullah CD, whose real name is Che Dat Anjang Abdullah, died in Thailand yesterday morning. He was 100.

According to Wikipedia, the CPM was formed in April 1930 as the South Seas Communist Party which was dissolved and was replaced by the CPM.

While its primary responsibility was Malaya and Singapore, the party was also active in Thailand and the Dutch East Indies, which did not then have their own communist parties.

The CPM) was Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from 1930 to 1989.

It was responsible for the creation of both the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army and the Malayan National Liberation Army.

The party led resistance efforts against the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore during World War II, and later fought a war of national liberation against the British Empire during the Malayan Emergency.

After the departure of British colonial forces from the Federation of Malaya, the party fought in a third guerrilla campaign against both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments in an attempt to create a communist state in the region, before disbanding in 1989.

Today, due to historical connotations surrounding the CPM, communism as an ideology remains a taboo political topic in both countries.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report by national news agency Bernama that was uploaded by FMT on the demise of the communist chief:

Former communist party chief Abdullah CD dies at 100

Abdullah CD, real name Che Dat Anjang Abdullah, celebrated his 100th birthday in October last year.

Bernama - 13 Jan 2024, 11:01pm

Che Dat Anjang Abdullah, known as Abdullah CD, was chairman of the defunct Communist Party of Malaya. (Facebook pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) chairman Abdullah CD, whose real name is Che Dat Anjang Abdullah, died in Thailand this morning. He was 100.

His death was announced by his son-in-law, Indrajaya Abdullah in a Facebook post. He said Abdullah died at 9.29am (local time) in Kampung Perdamaian Sukhirin, Narathiwat, southern Thailand.

Abdullah CD was the founder of the CPM’s 10th Regiment of the Malayan People’s Army.

Abdullah, who hailed from Lambor Kanan, Parit, Perak, celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct 2 last year.