Why we stay here, even when we love home
- 9 years ago
Why we stay here, even when we love home || Kampung Chulaborn 12, or Ban Chulaborn Patana 12, in Thailand is no ordinary village. It is located deep in a jungle with the nearest town Shukirin about an hour's drive.
The residents of this village are also a group of 'special visitors of the Thai government' for they are all members of the 10th Regiment of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).
This village used to be their base camp and after the 1989 peace agreement between the CPM, the Thai government and the Malaysian government, these former members of the party were permitted to remain living there.
About 20 veteran communist leaders, all peers of Abdullah, are still living in this village. Almost all of them were from Malaya originally.
They had joined the 10th Regiment in May 1949 and then moved to the Thai-Malaya border in 1953, to remain in the jungles until the peace deal was signed in 1989.
But why didn't these former guerrilla fighters return to their homeland?
More in Malaysiakini.com ||
Reported by K Kabilan |
Produced by Maran Perianen |
Edited by Indrani Kopal |
Voice Over by Nick Josh Karean |
The residents of this village are also a group of 'special visitors of the Thai government' for they are all members of the 10th Regiment of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).
This village used to be their base camp and after the 1989 peace agreement between the CPM, the Thai government and the Malaysian government, these former members of the party were permitted to remain living there.
About 20 veteran communist leaders, all peers of Abdullah, are still living in this village. Almost all of them were from Malaya originally.
They had joined the 10th Regiment in May 1949 and then moved to the Thai-Malaya border in 1953, to remain in the jungles until the peace deal was signed in 1989.
But why didn't these former guerrilla fighters return to their homeland?
More in Malaysiakini.com ||
Reported by K Kabilan |
Produced by Maran Perianen |
Edited by Indrani Kopal |
Voice Over by Nick Josh Karean |