Why we stay here, even when we love home

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?

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Reported by K Kabilan |
Produced by Maran Perianen |
Edited by Indrani Kopal |
Voice Over by Nick Josh Karean |

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• merdeka
• Why we stay here
• even when we love home

[doraemonkiller]

If you all can forgive Japanese, why not this people who fight for independence too.

[rokokbalut]

..nice coverage..good photojournalism..

[goosecouple]

Janganlah percayakan komunis, tak kisah dia tu kaum Melayu atau Cina. Parti Komunis adalah system kerajaan yg paling zalim. Bacalah The Epoch Times' Nine Commentaries on the CCP.

[goosecouple]

Pada asasnya, komunis adalah org yg suka kongsi harta. Melayu yang suka berkongsi harta dengan menggunakan NEP juga adalah komunis lah. Dr M adalah ketua parti komunis itu. Korg ingat yg komunis tu sudah balik kampung ke? Cakap saje Muslim, tetapi mengamalkan prinsip komunis. Ajaran Muslim dilupakan sambil merampas harta menggunakan NEP. We are Muslim, we also want you to share your wealth with us. Itu cakap macam Mao Tze Tung.

[mtty82]

I will told my son and grandson about this.... I RESPECT YOU ALL. Bless all the fighters. They are true spirit in Merdeka Malaysia, not like the recent parties which bring Kemerdekaan. Just BONEKA of British Kolonial. Only said good about themselve, but bad for others.

[RebelSonBand]

Yea,doraemonkiller is so right.....If you can forgive the japanese,why not these ppl ??

[lasperla]

walaupun mrk komunis tetapi..mrk ada smngt prjuangan @ patriotik yg tinggi cuma arah prjuangan mrk yg tlh trsasar dr lndasan sbnr..

[mohicanmalaysia]

jadi komunis dapat 6 ekar tanah + elaun 550 baht + rumah.aduhai kita punya bekas AP,Auxilliary police dan home guard kita masih ada yg dapat apa apa pun mahupun rumah flat.Aku rasa kerajaan kena tengok balik kebajikan bekas police kita ni

[rawkhiro]

@Skillking22 hehehe cool down bro.Sesetengah orang only believe in one way system....they r happy to be Ignorance, spoon-feed oleh sejarah acuan inggeris.....i bet they got A in Sejarah Tingkatan 3 PMR........so they also educated rite?hihihihihi....Jangan marah-marah smua yer? bersama2 la kita belajar sejarah....bukan untuk menyokong komunis atau kapitalis...tapi supaya kita tidak mudah diperdaya.....

[rawkhiro]

@adamckteh some of them practicing tai chi kalau tak silap saya.....

[mankabel]

@doraemonkiller

what u said,exactly 100% damn agree with you...nowadays we can see many malaysian especially teenagers keep listen to japanesse movie and music,it means dat our people forgive them generally.but i still dun get why they can not forgive them,I wonder?RIP leftist oppositon leader