The Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) was the name given by British security forces to a combatant in the Malayan Emergency, an insurrection and guerrilla war against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia. MRLA is actually a mistranslation from the Chinese, which the organization's leader Chin Peng has corrected to Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA).

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  • The Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) was the name given by British security forces to a combatant in the Malayan Emergency, an insurrection and guerrilla war against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia. MRLA is actually a mistranslation from the Chinese, which the organization's leader Chin Peng has corrected to Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). The name of the MNLA in Malay could also be translated as the Malayan People's Liberation Army although extant records show that the title Tentera Pembebasan Nasional Malaya or MNLA became the normal self-identity by the 1970s. It was a guerrilla force created by the Malayan Communist Party and, to some extent, led and dominated by overseas Chinese communists.
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  • 1948-1960
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  • Various areas of the Malayan jungle
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  • Portrait of an MRLA soldier (circa 1960)
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  • Various parts of the Malayan jungle
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  • Malayan Races Liberation Army
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  • 13000 (xsd:integer)
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  • The Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA) was the name given by British security forces to a combatant in the Malayan Emergency, an insurrection and guerrilla war against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia. MRLA is actually a mistranslation from the Chinese, which the organization's leader Chin Peng has corrected to Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA).
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  • Malayan Races Liberation Army
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