Wahi Annuar was a
Malayan communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
. He took to the forests at the beginning of the
Malayan emergency
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...
. He was a leader in the
MRLA 10th Malay Regiment
The 10th Malay Regiment, established on 21 May 1949, was the only predominantly Malay regiment of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). Other regiments of this armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party were predominantly Chinese. The regi ...
. However, he surrendered to the British in February 1950.
Malaysian communists
Malaysian independence activists
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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