The Malayan Communist Party as Recorded in the Comintern Files

(15) Tan Tiu-jeng, alias Tan Jui-seng, was assigned by the NGLU to reorganize affiliated
branches in Seremban, Kuala Lumpur and Penang in 1928. He was on the military
committee, but he was arrested on 5 August 1928 and presumed to have been
subsequently banished.
(16) One Juat-pho [with the ‘One’ to be read as ‘Ong’], or Wee Juat-Pho, was involved
in organizing Malay participation in the movement. He was a member of the
military committee and remained at large until his arrest on 29 April 1930.
(17) Chiam Hang-cheong was said to be a communist envoy from China in 1926. He was
one of the key leaders of the NRC and NLC, as well as the founder of the NPC. He
was appointed as a member of the new five-member General Committee in March
1928. Chiam was probably arrested and banished before July 1928.
(18) Tan Gam was a “most wanted” communist in July 1928 but he retained his position
as a committee member of the NPC in August 1928.
(19) Wong Muk-han continued to be on the NPC until his arrest in September 1929 and
deportation to China a month later.
(20) On the list of the NPC members as at August 1928, besides the five persons
mentioned above, there were Su Pek-ngi, Ho Hong-seng, Cheng Heng-sin, Bun Sinoan,
Fu Siang-hu, Tong Chek-an and Wang Lik-peng. Su had been one of the
private secretaries to Borodin (Sun Yat-sen’s adviser from Comintern) in Canton. Su
was able to speak fluent English. He was arrested in November 1929. Ho was
arrested on 2 August 1928 while Tong and Wang were arrested during July and
August 1928.
(21) The Standing Committee of the NPC between June 1929 and April 1930 comprised
three persons, Wu Ching alias Hsu Tien-ping (Secretary), Fu Tai-keng and Lin
Chin-chung. Wu and Fu arrived in Malaya in early 1929 and Lin before 1928.
(22) Lei Kuang-juan was the acting head of the NGLU from May to August 1929. Chu
Yang was a leader of the Nanyang Communist Youth League (NCYL) from June
1928 till the beginning of 1929. Huang Hai-ping was one of the three members of
the Standing Committee of the NCYL during 1929.
(23) Fu Tai-leong was one of the founders of the NRC in 1926. He succeeded to the
leadership of the NCYL by the beginning of 1929.
(24) In early 1928, the NPC adopted an extremist policy exemplified by the attempt to
assassinate three visiting Kuomintang (KMT) officials in February and the
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