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Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction
AbbreviationCPM-RF
Leader Huang Yi Chiang
FoundedSeptember 26, 1970 (1970-09-26)
DissolvedDecember 5, 1983 (1983-12-05)
Split from Malayan Communist Party
Succeeded by Malaysian Communist Party
HeadquartersSadao
Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Political position Far-left
Colours Red

The Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction was a splinter group of the Communist Party of Malaya. The CPM/RF was engaged in armed struggle. It was founded on 26 September 1970, when the 8th regiment at Sadao Camp broke off from the Communist Party of Malaya, under leadership of Huang Yijiang. [1] In 1983, merged with the Communist Party of Malaya/Marxist–Leninist to form the Malaysian Communist Party in 1983. [2]

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References

  1. ^ Montesano, Michael John; Jory, Patrick (2008). Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula. NUS Press. p. 192. ISBN  9789971694111.
  2. ^ Chin, C. C.; Hack, Karl (2004). Dialogues with Chin Peng: New Light on the Malayan Communist Party. NUS Press. p. 24. ISBN  9789971692872.