Malayan Communist Party

Communist Party of Malaya
Malay name	Parti Komunis Malaya ڤرتي کومونيس ملايا
Chinese name	馬來亞共產黨 马来亚共产党 Má-lâi-a Kiōng-sán-tóng Maa5 Loi4 Aa3 Gung6 Caan2 Dong2 Mǎláiyǎ Gòngchǎndǎng
Tamil name	மலாயா பொதுவுடைமை கட்சி Malāyā Potuvuṭaimai Kaṭci
Abbreviation	MCP, CPM, PKM
Founders	Lei Kuang-juan Wu Ching Wei Ching-chow Lin Ching-chung Chen Shao-chang
Founded	April 1930 (1930-04)
Dissolved	2 December 1989 (1989-12-02)
Preceded by	South Seas Communist Party
Newspaper	Min Sheng Pau
Paramilitary wing	• Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army[1]  • Malayan National Liberation Army
Membership (1939)	40,000
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-imperialism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red
Slogan	"Kaum buruh semua negeri, bersatulah!" ("Workers of the world, unite!")
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The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Today, due to historical connotations surrounding the MCP, communism as an ideology remains a taboo political topic in both countries, which Malaysian history textbooks mentioned the MCP only as a terrorist organization.