Name Lau Yew | Died 1948 | |
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Lau Yew Chung & Lin Xia King's Cinematic MV on 31-01-2013.mpg
Lau Yew (simplified Chinese: 刘友; traditional Chinese: 劉友; pinyin: Liú Yǒu) was a prominent member of the Malayan Communist Party. He was a high-ranking commander in its military arm during World War II, the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army.

After the war he led the Malayan Peoples Anti British Army until his death in 1948. Lau Yew is believed to have favoured a seizure of power from the British in 1945 before they had fully re-established themselves in Malaya, but was opposed in this by the MCP's leader Lai Teck.

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