'Chin Peng's right based on 1989 pact' - NST

PUTRAJAYA: Chin Peng's right to return and live in Malaysia is based on the 1989 peace agreement signed by the government and the Communist Party of Malaya, the Court of Appeal was told yesterday.

Counsel Raja Aziz Addruse said Chin Peng's right to come back was also based on the fact that he was a Malaysian.

He said his client had also satisfied the terms of the agreement to live in Malaysia.

"It is wrong to compel Chin Peng to produce his birth and citizenship certificates just because he is a Malaysian."

Raja Aziz said Chin Peng was born in Sitiawan, Perak, in 1923 and his citizenship was never revoked.

He said Chin Peng had stated in his autobiography that the Special Branch in the then Malaya had seized his birth certificate during a raid.

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