Chen Tien
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Chen Tien | |
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| Born | 25 August 1923 36 North Canal Road,Singapore,Straits Settlements |
| Died | 3 September 1990(aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Raffles Institution |
| Political party | Malayan Communist Party |
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| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | Trần Điền |
| Simplified Chinese | Trần Điền |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Tián |
| Jyutping | Can4 Tin4 |
Chen TienorChen Tian(simplified Chinese:Trần Điền;traditional Chinese:Trần Điền;pinyin:Chén Tián) (25 August 1923 – 3 September 1990) was the head of the Central Propaganda Department of theCommunist Party of Malaya(CPM).
Political career
[edit]Chen was present during theBaling Talks,along with the CPM's secretary-generalChin Pengand senior leaderRashid Maidin,to discuss the resolution of theMalayan Emergency.On the other side were three elected national representatives;Tunku Abdul Rahman,Tan Cheng LockandDavid Marshall.The talks took place in the Government English School at Baling on 28 December 1956. However, the talks were unsuccessful because the surrender terms were not acceptable to the Malayan Communist Party and because of disagreement over the legalising of CPM as a political party in Malaya. A few weeks after the Baling talks,Tan Siew Sin,the president of theMalayan Chinese Association(MCA) received a letter from Chen Tien, requesting a resumption of peace talks and the repeal of the emergency regulations, which he rejected.[1]In 1960, when the emergency was officially declared at an end, Chen Tien, Chin Peng and other communists continued their rebellion.
Later life
[edit]After the talks, Chen Tien then left the party while Chin Peng remained. He moved toChinaand spent his later life in the country where he marriedLee Mengin 1965, the female notorious leader of the CPM who had been banished a year before. Chen died due tolung canceron 3 September 1990.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Ramakrishna, K. (1999). "Content, credibility and context: Propaganda government surrender policy and the Malayan communist terrorist mass surrenders of 1958".Intelligence and National Security.14(4): 242–266.doi:10.1080/02684529908432579.
- ^Ronnie Tan (9 April 2018)."Hunting Down the Malayan Mata Hari".National Library Board, Singapore. Archived fromthe originalon 3 October 2019.Retrieved3 October2019.
