10th Malay Regiment

10th Malay Regiment
10th Malay Regiment
Rejimen Ke-10
	Flag of the MNLA's 10th Malay Regiment
Leaders	Abdullah CD; Rashid Maidin
Dates of operation	1949–1989
Allegiance	Malayan Communist Party Malayan National Liberation Army;
Active regions	Northern Malaya and Southern Thailand
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Mao Zedong Thought; Anti-imperialism;
Political position	Far-left
Opponents	United Kingdom Malaya; Singapore; Malacca; (until 1957); Penang; (until 1957); Kenya; Southern Rhodesia (until 1953); Rhodesia and Nyasaland (after 1953); Fiji; Australia; New Zealand; Thailand;
Battles and wars	Malayan Emergency; Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989);

The 10th Malay Regiment (Malay: Rejimen Ke-10) was the only predominantly Malay regiment of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (CPM). Other regiments of the MNLA were predominantly Chinese. Headed by Abdullah CD and Rashid Maidin, the regiment fought against the British occupation of Malaysia after World War II.^[1]

History

The 10th Malay Regiment was established on 21 May 1949 in Kerdau, Temerloh District, in the state of Pahang.^[2] The regiment was headed by Abdullah CD, with Rashid Maidin serving as adviser to Chin Peng, the CPM’s Secretary General.^[3]

References

^ "Malayan People's Army. 10th Regiment Archives". iisg.nl. hdl:10622/ARCH02799. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ PSR (21 May 2016). "21 Mei 1949 - Pusat Sejarah Rakyat". Pusat Sejarah Rakyat (in Malay). Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
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Multiple sources:
- For the regiment being headed by Abdullah CD, see Che Dat, Abdullah (2009). The Memoirs of Abdullah C. D. (Part 1): The Movement Until 1948. Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information Research Development. pp. 92, 125, and 139. ISBN 9789833782642. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via The Penang Bookshelf.
- For the adviser to Chin Peng being Rashid Maidin, see Maidin, Rashid (2004). Memoir Rashid Maidin: Daripada Perjuangan Bersenjata Kepada Perdamaian [Rashid Maidin's Memoir: From Armed Struggle to Peace] (in Malay). Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. pp. 77–79. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via kawahbuku.com.

[1] "Malayan People's Army. 10th Regiment Archives". iisg.nl. hdl:10622/ARCH02799. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[2] PSR (21 May 2016). "21 Mei 1949 - Pusat Sejarah Rakyat". Pusat Sejarah Rakyat (in Malay). Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.

[3] Multiple sources:
For the regiment being headed by Abdullah CD, see Che Dat, Abdullah (2009). The Memoirs of Abdullah C. D. (Part 1): The Movement Until 1948. Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information Research Development. pp. 92, 125, and 139. ISBN 9789833782642. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via The Penang Bookshelf.

For the adviser to Chin Peng being Rashid Maidin, see Maidin, Rashid (2004). Memoir Rashid Maidin: Daripada Perjuangan Bersenjata Kepada Perdamaian [Rashid Maidin's Memoir: From Armed Struggle to Peace] (in Malay). Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. pp. 77–79. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via kawahbuku.com.

[4] For the regiment being headed by Abdullah CD, see Che Dat, Abdullah (2009). The Memoirs of Abdullah C. D. (Part 1): The Movement Until 1948. Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information Research Development. pp. 92, 125, and 139. ISBN 9789833782642. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via The Penang Bookshelf.

[5] For the adviser to Chin Peng being Rashid Maidin, see Maidin, Rashid (2004). Memoir Rashid Maidin: Daripada Perjuangan Bersenjata Kepada Perdamaian [Rashid Maidin's Memoir: From Armed Struggle to Peace] (in Malay). Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. pp. 77–79. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025 – via kawahbuku.com.

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