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Malayan Communist Party
Malayan Communist Party (MCP), also known as the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) until the 1960s was founded in Singapore in 1930, advocating for nationalism and nationhood for an independent Malaya, and carrying out armed resistance to the Japanese during World War II. From 1948 to 1960, its military arm, the Malayan Peoples' Liberation Army, practiced guerrilla warfare in the rural areas of peninsular Malaya with the support of underground organizations in the Malaya and Singapore.
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