Suriani Abdullah (born Eng Ming Ching; 23 January 1924 – 20 March 2013) was a former central committee member of the

Communist Party of Malaya The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from 1 ...

Background

Suriani was born in January 1924 in

Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of '' Setia Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area of . In the year 2000, the population w ...

, Perak. She attended Nan Hwa High School, where she met other communists such as Tu Lung Shan and

Chin Peng Chin Peng (21 October 1924 – 16 September 2013), born Ong Boon Hua, was a Malayan communist politician, anti-fascist activist and long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). During W ...

, and was politically radicalised. In 1940, Suriani joined the underground Communist Party of Malaya and was actively involved in mobilising and organising women workers in the Kinta Valley. She was elected a member of the Central Committee Member in 1975. She is the author of ''Rejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan'' (''The 10th Regiment and Independence''), the official historical account of the 10th Regiment of the Malayan People's National Liberation Army,Wong, James Wing-on.
Makcik Suriani's Memoirs are Out
Clare Street. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2013. and ''Memoir Suriani Abdullah: Setengah Abad Perjuangan'' (''The Memoirs of Suriani Abdullah: A Half-Century Struggle'').

Later life and death

She resided in Chulaporn Village No. 12 in Sukhirin,

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with her husband,

Abdullah CD Cik Dat bin Anjang Abdullah, commonly known as Abdullah CD (born 2 October 1923), is a former Malaysian politician who served as chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). Biography Abdullah was born on 2 October 1 ...

, with their daughter and her family until her death in 2013.Characters and 'I Love Malaya
Lyrics" ''I Love Malaya'' (2006). Dirs. Ho Choon Hiong, Chan Kah Mei, Christopher Len, Wang Eng Eng, Eunice Lau. Objectif Films.

References

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