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Fong Chong Pik

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Fong Chong Pik(simplified Chinese:Phương tráng vách tường;traditional Chinese:Phương tráng vách tường;pinyin:Fāng Zhuàngbì;1924 - 6 February 2004), also known as Fang Chuang Pi, was a political activist and member of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), otherwise known as the Malayan Communist Party (MCP).[1]He was the leader of the Singapore section of theCommunist Party of Malaya.

Fong Chong Pik was given the nickname "The Plen" (for "plenipotentiary") in the 1950s by his then political nemesis,Lee Kuan Yew.In 1997, he urgedSingapore's government to let former insurgents return to the country.

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