Mr Singh said that it was fascinating to connect the terrain around Betong and the guerilla campaign waged by the MCP while visiting places of interest there
SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party MPs Pritam Singh and Dennis Tan are home from a five-day, four-night trip to Betong and Penang they took, along with 130 residents, just in time for Vesak Day weekend, June 2 to 4.
Betong, he explained, “is where elements of the Malayan Communist Party found refuge after the end of Malayan Emergency in 1960. The fight continued for decades until the Hatyai Peace Agreement was signed in 1989 between the MCP, Malaysian and Thai governments. While the heavy history of the past is quickly becoming a forgotten chapter of history, Betong remains pregnant with memory for many.”