The Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army was a communist guerrilla army that resisted the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945 in World War II. Composed mainly of ethnic Chinese guerrilla fi
British Brigadier J J McCully inspects men of the 4th Regiment of the MPAJA guerrillas at Johor Bahru after the end of war in 1945.
MPAJA guerrillas marching through the streets of Johor Bahru during their disbandment ceremony in December 1945.
Thousands of MPAJA guerrillas during their disbandment ceremony in Kuala Lumpur after the end of war in 1945.
Lai Teck
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Lai Teck was a leader of the Communist Party of Malaya and Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. A person of mixed Sino-Vietnamese descent, prior to his arrival in Malaya, Lai Teck was believed to have
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
…offer of assistance on 18 December 1941. A secret meeting was held in Singapore between British officers and two MCP representatives, one of whom was Lai Teck, the MCP's secretary general. The agreement between the MCP and the British was that the MCP would recruit, and the British would provide training to…
Portrait, c. late-1930s.