STORY OF MALAYSIA'S BATTLE AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENCY TO BE HEARD IN THE U.S.

From Tham Choy Lin

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Bernama) -- The story of Malaysia's hard-fought battle
against communist guerrillas will be retold before an American audience here as
the United States grapples with its fight against terrorism with its military
troops still in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Malaysian Prime MinisterNajib Tun Razak has been invited by the
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to talk not only on areas
of economic cooperation but also to share Malaysia's experience in
counter-insurgency, during his visit here.

Najib, who arrives Saturday for a week-long visit during which he will also
attend the Nuclear Security Summit, is scheduled to speak at a forum organised
by CSIS, a bipartisan foreign policy think thank, on Wednesday.

Malaysian Ambassador to the United State Jamaludin Jarjis told
Malaysian journalists Friday that former police chief Hanif Omar and retired
chief of defence forces Mohammed Hashim Ali have been invited as well.

Hanif and Mohammed Hashim were among the key figures in the fight against
the communist insurgency, often referred to as Malaysia's second emergency, that
began in 1968 and ended in 1989 with the peaceful surrender of the communist
terrorists.



Hanif was Malaysia's longest serving inspector-general of police. He assumed
the post in 1974, after his predecessor was killed by communist terrorists, and
retired 20 years later.

Mohammed Ali was a career soldier who rose to the rank of army chief before
he retired as chief of defence forces in 1992 after nearly 39 years in the
military.

-- BERNAMA



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