Signed 2 December 1989 | Location Hat Yai, Thailand | |
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Signatories Wan Sidek Wan Abdul Rahman
General Hashim Mohd Ali
Mohammed Hanif Omar
Anek Sithipresasana
General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
General Sawaeng Therasawat
Lieutenant General Yoodhana Yamphundu
Chin Peng
Abdullah CD
Rashid Maidin Parties Malaysia
Thailand
Malayan Communist Party | ||
The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989 marked the end of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89). It was signed and ratified by the Malaysian Communist Party (MCP), and the Malaysian and Thailand governments at the Lee Gardens Hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand on December 2, 1989.
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Background
The Portal Communist Party began to have authority in Malaysia after the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Losses in Peninsular Malaysia worsened the party's position and led the party to later negotiate peace. This deal was brokered by the Thai authorities in collaboration with the Malaysian government.
The peace accord required the MCP to disband its armed units, cease militant activity, destroy its weapons, and to pledge loyalty to His Majesty the Yang di Perturb Agong of Malaysia. After 40 years, 5 months, and 26 days (since the start of the Malayan Emergency, from 16 June 1948 to 2 December 1989), the MCP insurgency had ended. The signing ceremony was at Lee Gardens Hotel in Hat Yai, Southern Thailand on December 2, 1989.
Peace Agreements
The following delegation representatives were present at the signing of the agreement in 1989.
The Malaysian delegation representative:
The Thai delegation representative:
The MCP delegation representative:
Aftermath
After the signing of the 1989 peace agreement, the MCP was dissolved. Members of The Communist Party of Malaysia (CPM-ML), a splinter group of the MCP, were resettled in a Friendship Village in South Thailand known as Chulaborn Village, while CPM-ML members from Malaysia who wanted to return to Peninsula Malaysia were required to comply with several conditions set by the government of Malaysia before being able to settle in the state of their choice.
Meanwhile, the former members of the MCP were resettled in four villages known as Kampung Aman (Peace Village). A total of 330 former MCP members were allowed to return to Malaysia. Those MCP members who settled in South Thailand became farmers, livestock breeders, and traders. They were able to adapt to the new environment and assimilate with the local community.