Similarly, the report also suggests the textbook expand its explanation of MA63 to include issues on the equal status of Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore with the Federation of Malaya. It is prepared by IPPN, a group of 16 cultural and education organisations aiming to help spur a more thorough and balanced view of the nation’s history. The feedback is featured in the report on improvements to public schools’ Form 1 to Form 5 history textbooks (“Laporan Cadangan Penambahbaikan Buku Teks Sejarah Tingkatan 1-5”). He never returned to Malaysia following the end of the insurgency with the signing of the Hat Yai Peace Agreement in 1989. The Malayan Communist Party’s (MCP) secretary-general during the Malayan Emergency, Chin Peng, in his later years. In the textbook, the Hat Yai agreement is explained as the end of the communist insurgency in Malaysia, with the armed wing of the party being disbanded and their weapons destroyed or dismantled. Representing the Malaysian government were Home Ministry secretary Tan Sri Wan Sidek Wan Abdul Rahman, police inspector-general Tan Sri Mohd Hanif Omar, and armed forces chief Datuk Seri Hashim Mohd Ali. MCP was then represented by its secretary-general Chin Peng, chairman Abdullah C.D., and commander of the 10th Regiment Rashid Maidin. The landmark agreement had a huge impact on the nation’s security as the communist threat effectively ceased following the signing of the deal between MCP leader Chin Peng and Malaysian government leaders in Hat Yai, Thailand. As it is, a detailed elucidation of the Hat Yai Peace Agreement in 1989 between the Malaysian government and the MCP is wanting.
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