Suriani Abdullah (born Eng Ming Ching; 23 January 1925 – 20 March 2013) was a former central committee member of the Communist Party of Malaya.
Background Suriani was born on 23 January 1925 in Sitiawan, Perak. She attended Nan Hwa High School, where she met other communists such as Tu Lung Shan and Chin Peng, and was politically radicalised.Wong, James Wing-on. Suriani, the Resistance Heroine. Malaysiakini. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 15 March 2013. In 1940, Suriani joined the underground Communist Party of Malaya and was actively involved in mobilising and organising women workers in the Kinta Valley. She was elected a member of the Central Committee Member in 1975.
She is the author of Rejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan (The 10th Regiment and Independence),Abdullah, Suriani. Rejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan. Hong Kong: Nan Dao, 1999. the official historical account of the 10th Regiment of the Malayan People's National Liberation Army,Wong, James Wing-on. "Makcik Suriani's Memoirs are Out" Clare Street. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2013. and Memoir Suriani Abdullah: Setengah Abad Perjuangan (The Memoirs of Suriani Abdullah: A Half-Century Struggle).Abdullah, Suriani. Memoir Suriani Abdullah.
Later life and death She resided in Chulaporn Village No. 12 in Sukhirin, Thailand with her husband, Abdullah CD, with their daughter and her family until her death on 20 March 2013."Characters and 'I Love Malaya' Lyrics" I Love Malaya (2006). Dirs. Ho Choon Hiong, Chan Kah Mei, Christopher Len, Wang Eng Eng, Eunice Lau. Objectif Films.
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