Lau Yew

Lau Yew(simplified Chinese:Lưu Nghiêu;traditional Chinese:Lưu Nghiêu;pinyin:Liú Yáo), born Liu Chang-biao (simplified Chinese:Lưu xương tiêu;traditional Chinese:Lưu xương tiêu;1915–1948), was a prominent member of theMalayan Communist Party.^[1]^[2]^: 109He was a member of theMalayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army(MPAJA)'s Central Military Committee duringWorld War II.^[2]

Biography

Lau was born in Hainan in 1915 and joined theChinese Communist Partyin 1931.^[1]^[3]After escaping to Singapore from the Nationalist government police in 1936, he joined the Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society a year later in July 1937.^[3]Lau became a member of the Malayan Communist Party in February 1940 and received training at the101 Special Training School (STS 101)in December 1941.^[3]

After the war, he held the offices of Vice President, Chairman, and President of the MPAJA Ex-Service Comrades Association until hisdeathin 1948.^[3]^[4]Lau Yew is believed to have favoured a seizure of power from the British in 1945 before they had fully re-established themselves in Malaya, but was opposed in this by the MCP's leaderLai Teck.Lau was killed in an ambush in Kajang by theFerret Forceteams on 16 July 1948.^[4]^[5]

References

^^a ^bHack, Karl (16 December 2021).The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire.Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-1-009-23414-6.
^^a ^bChin, C. C.; Hack, Karl (2004).Dialogues with Chin Peng: New Light on the Malayan Communist Party.NUS Press. p. 113.ISBN 978-9971-69-287-2.
^^a ^b ^c ^dAkashi, Yōji; Yoshimura, Mako (1 December 2008).New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945.NUS Press. p. 92.ISBN 978-9971-69-299-5.
^^a ^b"Rebels' H.Q. Raided In Malaya".The Sydney Morning Herald.National Library of Australia. 17 July 1948. p. 1.Retrieved17 November2013.
^Jackson, Robert (18 May 2011).The Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation: The Commonwealth's Wars, 1948–1966.Pen and Sword.ISBN 978-1-4738-1613-8.

[:0-1] Hack, Karl (16 December 2021).The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire.Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-1-009-23414-6.

[:2-2] Chin, C. C.; Hack, Karl (2004).Dialogues with Chin Peng: New Light on the Malayan Communist Party.NUS Press. p. 113.ISBN 978-9971-69-287-2.

[:3-3] Akashi, Yōji; Yoshimura, Mako (1 December 2008).New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945.NUS Press. p. 92.ISBN 978-9971-69-299-5.

[:1-4] "Rebels' H.Q. Raided In Malaya".The Sydney Morning Herald.National Library of Australia. 17 July 1948. p. 1.Retrieved17 November2013.

[5] Jackson, Robert (18 May 2011).The Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation: The Commonwealth's Wars, 1948–1966.Pen and Sword.ISBN 978-1-4738-1613-8.

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