Chin Peng dies of cancer in Bangkok Monday
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Chin Peng, former secretary general of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), died of cancer at a hospital in Bangkok on Monday morning. He was 90 years old.
He was pronounced dead at Bamrungraj Hospital Monday morning.
The Buddhist religious rite for him would be conducted at Tatthong Temple reportedly this evening.
He travelled back and forth from Hat Yai, Songkhla to Bangkok to receive medical treatment for his cancer.
He had lived in exile in Songkhla for long time after Malaysian government rejected his request to return home. He said he wished to die in the Malaysian soil.
