Lee Meng | |||||||||||||||||
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.JPG) Lee in 1951 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Lee Ten Tai 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 2012 (aged 85–86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of Malaya | ||||||||||||||||
| Movement | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (1942–1945) Malayan National Liberation Army (1948–1952) | ||||||||||||||||
| Criminal charge | Illegal possession of a weapon | ||||||||||||||||
| Criminal penalty | Death, later reduced to imprisonment | ||||||||||||||||
| Criminal status | Commuted, released to China in 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李明 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 李天泰 | ||||||||||||||||
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Lee Meng (Chinese: 李明; 1926–2012), also romanised as Lee Min, was a Malaysian Chinese communist guerrilla and a leading member of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).[1] She took part in guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation of Malaya as a member of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and later joined the Malayan National Liberation Army during the Malayan Emergency to fight against British rule in Malaya. She was described as one of the most capable members of the local communist movement, and was also the leader of the "Kepayang Gang" in Perak.[2][3]
- ^ "COMMUNISTS: Cold War Barter". Time. 9 March 1953. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Khoo Salma Nasution; Abdur-Razzaq Lubis (2005). Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development. Areca Books. pp. 313–. ISBN 978-983-42113-0-1.
- ^ Leon Comber (2008). Malaya's Secret Police 1945-60: The Role of the Special Branch in the Malayan Emergency. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 226–234. ISBN 978-981-230-829-0.