Suriani Abdullah
Suriani Abdullah | |
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| Born | Eng Ming Ching 23 January 1924 Sitiawan,Manjung,Perak,Malaya |
| Died | 20 March 2013(aged 89) Sukhirin,Thailand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Suriani Abdullah(bornEng Ming Ching;23 January 1924 – 20 March 2013) was a former central committee member of theCommunist Party of Malaya.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Suriani was born on 23 January 1924 inSitiawan,Perak. She attended Nan Hwa High School, where she met other communists such as Tu Lung Shan andChin Peng,and was politically radicalised.[3]In 1940, Suriani joined the underground Communist Party of Malaya and was actively involved in mobilising and organising women workers in the Kinta Valley.[4]She was elected a member of the Central Committee Member in 1975.[4]
She is the author ofRejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan(The 10th Regiment and Independence),[5]the official historical account of the 10th Regiment of theMalayan People's National Liberation Army,[4]andMemoir Suriani Abdullah: Setengah Abad Perjuangan(The Memoirs of Suriani Abdullah: A Half-Century Struggle).[6]
Later life and death
[edit]She resided in Chulaporn Village No. 12 inSukhirin,Thailandwith her husband,Abdullah CD,with their daughter and her family until her death on 20 March 2013.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Suriani Abdullah (1924-2013) - Seorang pejuang kemerdekaan dan anti-imperialis".partisosialis.org/.Socialist party of Malaysia.Retrieved26 January2015.
- ^Vengadesan, Martin (29 November 2009)."At peace in their village".The Star.Archived fromthe originalon 24 October 2012.
- ^Wong, James Wing-on.Suriani, the Resistance Heroine.Malaysiakini. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^abcWong, James Wing-on. "Makcik Suriani's Memoirs are Out"Clare Street. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^Abdullah, Suriani. Rejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan. Hong Kong: Nan Dao, 1999.
- ^Abdullah, Suriani.Memoir Suriani Abdullah.
- ^"Characters and 'I Love Malaya' Lyrics "I Love Malaya(2006). Dirs. Ho Choon Hiong, Chan Kah Mei, Christopher Len, Wang Eng Eng, Eunice Lau. Objectif Films.
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