Lau Yew

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Lau Yew was a prominent member of the Malayan Communist Party. He was a high-ranking commander in its military arm during World War Two, the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army.

After the war he led the Malayan Peoples Anti British Army until his death in 1948. Lau Yew is believed to have favoured a seizure of power from the British in 1945 before they had fully re-established themselves in Malaya, but was opposed in this by the MCP's leader Lai Teck.