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Friendship between ex-MCP traitor and Malaysian cop

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Friendship between communist and cop forged in the jungle


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Retired police superintendent Datuk Paul Kiong (left) reminiscing about old times with former communist insurgent Chin Fong.

By V. Shuman

New Straits Times
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012


KUALA LUMPUR - For five years, a police inspector's sole task was to bring in a communist leader who was causing havoc in the jungles of Perak.


More than 100 confrontations later, the communist leader, Chin Fong, who was then head of the Ninth Armed Forces, surrendered to the officer, Inspector Paul Kiong, who had been pursuing him relentlessly.


What followed next was another five years of the hunter working with the hunted to bring in more communist insurgents.

That cooperation paid off with the capture of 43 insurgents.

These events took place between 1976 and 1986 and today, Chin and now, Datuk Paul Kiong, are the best of buddies.


For the past three years, the two, and their families have made it a point to meet regularly, especially during Police Day celebrations, to recall their past adventures.


"You could say we are more like brothers," said Kiong who retired with the rank of superintendent in the Special Branch in 1998.


The New Straits Times caught up with them on Thursday when Kiong took Chin and his wife for a tour of the Police Museum, the first time the 76-year-old former guerilla, and his wife, set foot inside a police facility.


Recalling how they met, Kiong said in 1976, he was assigned to infiltrate the communist network in Perak.


"For five years, I went after Chin and his gang.


"It was a cat-and-mouse game until he surrendered in March 1981."


Then came the second part of the operation, infiltrating the group in Perak, with Chin's help.


For this, Kiong posed as a new recruit and was taken into the group by Chin.


All 43 insurgents who were captured then are now leading normal lives.


For his bravery, Kiong was awarded the country's highest gallantry award -- the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa medal in June 1983 -- and also Perak's highest medal of valour, the Pingat Keberanian Handal in April 1988.


He now spends his time with his wife and son and is contemplating writing a book about his exploits, to tell the younger generation of sacrifices made by the security forces.


Chin, meanwhile, who led the unit's elite fighters, also looked back at the 10 years of his life that was wasted in the jungle.


As an 18-year-old living in a village in Chemor, in 1954, Chin started out as a communist sympathiser, providing food and basic amenities to the insurgents when they came knocking on his door.


He was subsequently influenced to join their cause and took up arms in 1971.


It was then that he met his wife, Toong Fong, 61, a Thai national by birth, who was also fighting for the same cause.


They got married and spent the first 10 years of their marriage dodging bullets.


Both were motivated to surrender when support from the outside world dried up, and the food supply was cut off by the police.


"I realised I was fighting for a lost cause," Chin said.


"Back then, it seemed sensible (joining the communist movement). It makes no sense now."


He said he was utterly surprised by the treatment he received from Kiong and his men, adding that they were treated decently.


Following his surrender, Chin was persuaded by Kiong to co-operate with the police, which he did for the next five years.


Both Kiong and Chin went their separate ways after 1986 but contact was re-established when the former cop contacted the former guerrilla three years ago.


Since then, both men meet up as frequently as they can, sometimes up to three times a week.


Chin praised Kiong for valuing their friendship, despite the differences in their backgrounds.


Kiong also maintained contact with all the 43 people he had captured.


The couple run a farm in Puchong and have three children between the ages of 21 and 28.


They had dinner with Kiong and his family on Thursday night, in conjunction with Police Day.


Kiong said society should not judge former insurgents based on their history,
as they are also human beings who had made some bad decisions in the past.


 

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Its a wonder how WP and gang still wants to embrace socialism after it has been proven time and again over more than 200 years as a failure wherever it is applied.
 
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