Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction

The Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction was a splinter group of the Communist Party of Malaya. The CPM/RF was engaged in armed struggle. It was founded on 26 September 1970, when the 8th regiment at Sadao Camp broke off from the Communist Party of Malaya, under leadership of Huang Yijiang.^[1] In 1983, merged with the Communist Party of Malaya/Marxist–Leninist to form the Malaysian Communist Party in 1983.^[2]

Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction
Abbreviation	CPM-RF
Leader	Huang Yi Chiang
Founded	September 26, 1970 (1970-09-26)
Dissolved	December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05)
Split from	Malayan Communist Party
Succeeded by	Malaysian Communist Party
Headquarters	Sadao
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red
Politics of Malaysia Political parties Elections

See also

• Malayan People's Liberation Front

References

1. Montesano, Michael John; Jory, Patrick (2008). Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula. NUS Press. p. 192. ISBN 9789971694111.
2. Chin, C. C.; Hack, Karl (2004). Dialogues with Chin Peng: New Light on the Malayan Communist Party. NUS Press. p. 24. ISBN 9789971692872.