Eu Chooi Yip, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Malaysian politician and Singaporean activist
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About Eu Chooi Yip
- Eu Chooi Yip (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yú Zhù Yè; December 2, 1918 - October 4, 1995) was a prominent member of the anti-colonial and Communist movements in Malaya and Singapore in the 1950s and 60s.
- Eu Chooi Yip was born in Kuantan, Malaysia.He was the Secretary of the Malayan Democratic Union (MDU), Singapore's first political party.
- He actively engaged in Anti-British League, established by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and was responsible for pro-communist propaganda productions.
- After Eu Chooi Yip joined the MCP, he was responsible for the underground communist movement in Singapore from the 1950s to 1960s.
- He was the Secretary-General of the United Front of the MCP, called Malayan National Liberation League, which set its office in Beijing.
- During the Cultural Revolution, he was one of the directors taking in charge of the radio station, the voice of Malayan Revolution.
- In 1990, he returned to Singapore after receiving the invitation from the Singapore government.
- Eu Chooi Yip served as a senior research fellow at Institute of East Asian philosophy in Singapore.
- He died on 4 October 1995, aged 76.
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