Communist Insurgency War

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Date	February 1967–2 September 1989
Location	Southeast Asia
Result	• Communist ceased fires • Peace Treaty of Hat Yai 1989 • Dissolution of CPM

Combatants

Malaysian Federal Government
Malaysian Army

Royal Malay Regiment

Royal Ranger Regiment

Royal Malaysian Air Force

Royal Malaysian Police

Malayan Communist Party

Commanders

Abdullah CD (Che Anjang Abdullah) - CPM leader
Chin Peng - Secretary general
Ah Sek (Ah Sze)

Casualties

Civilian casualties:

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The Communist Insurgency War or Second Malayan Emergency was an insurgency and guerrilla war, conducted by the Malayan Communist Party (CPM) against Malaysian armed forces in 1967–1989.^{[citation needed]}