ATTEMPTS to revive the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) is a violation of the Hatyai Peace Accord 1989, said vice-president of the Retired Senior Police Officers Association of Malaysia (Respa), Wong Pui Lam.

A member of the delegation involved in the talks, Wong said the peace accord signed between the government and CPM states states that all former members of the party who have been accepted as citizens have to be loyal to the king and country.

He said the agreement entered by the government in Hatyai, Thailand, on December 2, 1989, stated that former members of CPM were not allowed to propagate or revive communism in the country.

“The party has been banned…under the peace accord, they had to lay down arms and proclaim that communism no longer exists in Malaysia.

“They will be violating the agreement (if they attempt) to revive the ideology…under the agreement, they must be loyal only to the king and country,” he told Bernama in an interview today. 

He said the people should reject CPM’s ideology as the party had caused the deaths of many people in the attacks they carried out.

Respa deputy president Mangsor Ismail also voiced his worry about the ideology of the CPM and urged  the government to take stern action against anyone who tried to revive it.

The police received a report on the issue of the ashes of former CPM leader Chin Peng which were brought back into the country, and the commemoration ceremony of the Hatyai Peace Accord held in Kajang, Selangor, on December 1.

Mangsor said if it is not curtailed, it could disrupt public order and peace in the country.

He said Respa and 10 police pensioner associations will organise a gathering on December 24 at Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur, and more than 1,500 police pensioners are expected to attend. – Bernama, December 21, 2019.