Ong Boon Hua

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Ong Boon Hua, better known as Chin Peng, was the longtime leader of the Malayan Communist Party and a key figure in the Malayan Emergency against British colonial rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ong Boon Hua canonical 2
Chin Peng 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist leader
person
politician
revolutionary
alliance Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army
alsoKnownAs Chin Peng
陈平
linked to: 陳平
awardReceived 1939–1945 Star
Defence Medal
Order of the British Empire
Pacific Star
War Medal 1939–1945
awardRevokedBy United Kingdom
causeOfDeath cancer
citizenship British subject
Malaysian
conflict Malayan Emergency
World War II in Malaya
countryOfBirth British Malaya
countryOfDeath Thailand
countryOfExile Thailand
dateOfBirth 1924-10-21
dateOfDeath 2013-09-16
ethnicGroup Chinese
familyName Ong
gender male
givenName Boon Hua
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
English
memberOf Malayan Communist Party
militaryRole guerrilla leader
movement anti-colonial movement in Malaya
negotiatedWith Government of Malaysia
notableFor leadership of the Malayan Communist Party
role in the Malayan Emergency
notableWork My Side of History
opponent British colonial government in Malaya
linked to: British Malaya

Federation of Malaya government
placeOfBirth Sitiawan
placeOfDeath Bangkok
positionHeld Secretary-General of the Malayan Communist Party
regionOfActivity Malaya
Malaysia
Thailand
residence Betong, Thailand

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chin Peng birthName Ong Boon Hua
Baling Talks hasMainSubject Chin Peng
linked to: Ong Boon Hua
陳平 fullName Ong Boon Hua