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'Abide to peace treaty, let him come home'
Published:  Nov 30, 2009 8:06 AM
Updated: 12:08 AM

your say 'Only a pariah government will sign a peace treaty and renege on it by not fulfilling the terms of the treaty which allows Chin Peng to come back.'

Malaysian Born: Let's look at this rationally, I have no particular sympathy for Chin Peng and his group but the facts cannot be denied. They did have a substantive role in the war and resisted the Japanese occupation and certainly they had an impact that accelerated the efforts towards Malaysian independence.

Like it or not, intelligent Malaysians cannot be blinded to these facts by any attempt to re-write history for political gain on the part any other group. Representatives of our government lead by those in charge of our security at the highest levels traveled to Thailand for the peace talks and with the approval of the Malaysian cabinet signed a deal which put an end to the armed conflict.

The intention was peace and the settlement was never intended to be a shell game, so to go back on that deal now using small print and tricks is unacceptable. Otherwise, what is the difference then between our PM or home minister and the person collecting tokens outside public toilets.

Chuath: I know of a Chinese man, the only son, who turned himself in, in exchange for his sister who was taken by the Japanese because it became known that he had joined the communist to fight the Japanese.

Of course, he was never seen again, much to the broken heart of his mother. I do not know the conditions and all the facts at that time, but I know that the cruelties of the Japanese soldiers were legendary and I am sure many, perhaps naively, joined the communists to fight the Japanese.

How should history judge these men who joined because they were Chinese and Malaya then had become their country as well?

Isaac Ho: I support Chin Peng because he is a bona-fide Malaysian citizen and he should be allowed to enter and leave the country of his birth if he so desires. During the so-called Emergency, both fighting parties had suffered and none gained the upper hand until the official signing of the Peace Accord. So what is the fuss about not allowing Chin Peng to return to pay his respects at the graves of his parents in Sitiawan?

Chin Peng is entitled to his basic rights as a citizen. Chin Peng do not need to apologise to any Tom, Dick or Harry! To do so would be deliberately going against the very words of the Peace Accord.

Black Mamba: He fought the Japanese for Malaya's freedom alongside the Brits and fought against the Brits after being cheated of CPM's rightful representation in the Malayan government. He has got more guts and honour than all the BN scums who renegade on treaties and plunder the country.

Ferdtan: Spot the difference: Abdullah CD had an audience with Sultan of Perak, the late Rashid Maidin's pilgrimage by Megat Junid Megat Ayub and was taken by the Datuk Seri to meet Tun Mahathir Mohamad and the late Shamsiah Fakeh and her whole family were allowed to live in Malaysia.

You can read their memoirs to find out more. These are good deeds, but why stop there?

Wong Chee Kong: If Chin Peng cannot be forgiven, then the rakyat would also find it hard to forgive all those who have plundered the nation's coffers. Which is the worse sin?

Ablastine: Want to come back Malaysia? Easy, don't die before Pakatan Rakyat takes over. Pakatan will honour the treaty that was signed because it is a party controlled by a man of principle and substance, at least for the foreseeable future.

Kris: Only a pariah government will sign a peace treaty and renege on it by not fulfilling the terms of the treaty which allows Chin Peng to come back. The government displays its ugly and blatant racism by allowing Chin Peng's Malay colleagues to return but finds all sorts of stupid and idiotic reasons to prevent Chin Peng from returning.

Charles Chia: All Malaysians regardless of race or religion wait for the day of deliverance from the Umno-led BN government in the next general election. Then we will welcome back Chin Peng as our national hero who sacrificed so much to fight the invading Japanese who have caused untold sufferings to all Malaysians and recognises his contribution to the hastening the withdrawal of the British colonialists thus giving us ‘merdeka'.

These salient facts remains part of our history in the eyes of the rakyat. It is only a matter of time this too is recognised by the government.

Love 1 Malaysia: Chin Peng should be allowed to return home. After all, he can do no harm at this stage. Why does the Malaysian government cheat him by signing the peace accord and dishonour the peace accord?

SS Sidhu: Enough has been said in support of Chin Peng's return, which I do. Having read history and analaysing things in the right perspective, it boils down to the undeniable fact that the CPM (Communist Party of Malaya) helped in chasing out the Japanese who also committed atrocities against Malaysians.

Now we have to beg the same Japanese to help us financially and the rumour is that the father of corruption signed a deal to sell our oil to them at a fixed price. Let Umno not forget they are in power thanks to CPM, otherwise we would be speaking Japanese and bowing to the Emperor of Japan.

Nil: It is hard to forgive and forget what Chin Peng has done; he rightly should be shot or hanged. However, without forgiveness, Malaysians will forever have a burden in their hearts, and unable to advance ... so let him come back to fulfill his wishes and close another chapter so that he can be forgotten...

Bangsa Malaysia: Umno is too weak to face 85-year-old Chin Peng, it fears the true history of Malaya will be revealed. Since 2000, Chin Peng has applied to be permitted back into Malaysia, and a complex legal issue has arisen out of this.

The fact is his return is not oppose by victims of the attacks committed by CPM but only by Umno itself. It's nothing wrong to regard Chin Peng as one of the Malayan nationalists who fought against Japanese and British although there were damages done by the communists.

Ramachandran Muniandy: I don't see why the BN government is against the coming back of Chin Peng when they can pardon and give special privileges to other communists who are Malays. Look at the Scottish government, they pardon and release Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, and sent him back to Libya.

Chin Peng is already 80-plus years in age, he won't harm an ant.

Louis: To err is human, and to forgive is divine. Yes, everyone makes mistake. Since this old man is already more than 90 percent of his journey to meet the creator, why can't our government be magnanimous enough to grant him his last wish - to die in the very country he was born?

Let us not play politics with him. I believe every religious belief practises forgiveness. I was told by a Muslim, respect for the dead is very important. It is the very reason my Muslim friend never fails to stop whenever a funeral procession (Muslim, Christian, Budhist or Hindu) passes by.

Correct me if I am wrong. But I do believe him as I know that Islam emphasises very much on love, forgiveness, piety and lots more virtues. It is one of the opportunities for the powers-that-be to manifest those qualities - allow this poor old man his last wish before it is too late.

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