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L to R:Ng Joo Chay, Chen Ka Kim, Wong Ah Jit, Tan Sri Datuk Ng Teck Fong, Joe Pie Chong Seng, Lim Wai Fah, Mike Teoh Chong Kooi.

MACVA Visit Malaysian Chinese Museum
17 Mar 19
Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (MACVA) paid a visit to the Malaysian Chinese Museum located at Seri kembangan, Selangor on 13 Mar 19. The MACVA entourage led by VP RMAF Joe Pie Chong Seng and Honsec Wong Ah Jit were received by Malaysian Chinese Museum Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Ng Teck Fong. During the visit Ng Joo Chay presented a Chinese Calligraphy which he wrote himself to Tan Sri Datuk Ng Teck Fong.


吴德芳:建国贡献不能留白 华裔军警事迹纳华博
March 14, 2019

华裔退伍军人协会副会长彭聪城(右三)赠送书法中堂予华博主席吴德芳,左三总秘书王亚日。

(吉隆坡12日讯)我国华裔军警事迹,将纳入大马华人博物馆(华博)展厅。

华裔退伍军人协会日前应华博主席丹斯里吴德芳邀请访问该馆及考察,并获献议在第二期的扩馆计划中,设立展馆,以呈现华裔军人在建国历史中的角色。

吴德芳说,建国前后经过几次动荡时期,华裔都未曾缺席,且积极参与整个过程,因此华裔军警对国家的贡献,一定不能在建国历史中留白。

华裔老兵协会总秘书王亚日中校透露,该会年前已在收集华裔军人参与各战斗任务的回忆录,并将在近期付梓发行,该会将配合华博提供及充实华裔军警史料,让新生代更了解建国过程和珍惜我国目前达致的成就。

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华裔退伍军人协会副会长彭聪城(右三)赠送书法中堂于华博主席丹斯理吴德芳,左三为总秘书王亚日中校。(图:星洲日报).

华裔军警事迹纳入华博
(吉隆坡十二日讯)我国华裔军警事迹将纳入华博展厅!

日前应大马华人博物馆主席丹斯理吴德芳邀请,华裔退伍军人协会访问考察该馆,并获献议在第二期的扩馆计划中,设立展馆以呈现华裔军人在建国历史中的角色。

吴德芳说,大马建国前后经过几次动荡时期,华裔国人都未曾缺席,且积极参与整个过程,因此华裔军警对国家的贡献事迹,一定不能让它在建国历史中留白!

华裔老兵协会总秘书王亚日中校透露,该会年前已进行收集华裔军人参与各战斗任务的回忆录,并将在近期付锌发行;该会也将积极配合华博,提供及充实华裔军警史料,让新生代更加了解建国过程和珍惜我国目前达致的成就。

文章来源 : 星洲日报 2019-03-13

MACVs with China Press at MACVA Office.

MACVA Engage Chinese Press
24 Aug 18
Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (MACVA) meet up with China Press at MACVA office at the Boulevard, Mid Valley City on 23 Aug 18 at 2.30 pm. Earlier that morning, MACVA met up with Sin Chew Daily at 11.00 am at their office in Kuala Lumpur. MACVA President Maj Tan Pau Son (Rtd) was present at both meeting to highlight the Malaysian Army Young Soldier Special Recruitment for Chinese which will be held on 29 Aug 18 at Dewan Sri Subramaniyam, Jalan Kuala Ketil, Sungai Petani, Kedah. The one day recruitment will be held from 8.00 am till 5.00 pm where MACVA will be assisting the Recruitment Team from the Army Department of Personnel, Ministry of Defence. MACVA extends its sincere gratitude to Sin Chew Daily and China Press for assisting in informing the public of this event through their news publication and online news portal.

MAVCs at Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad.

Sitting L to R: Lt Col Carol Loo (Rtd), Lt Col Wong Ah Jit (Rtd), Maj Tan Pau Son (Rtd), Col Hassan bin Embong, Maj Godfrey Chang (Rtd), Maj Christine Lee Sue Chin. Standing L to R: Maj Ng Joo Chay (Rtd), CPO Ho Weng Kong RMN (Rtd), WO 1 Steven Lam Hong RMAF (Rtd), Maj Lim Wai Fah RMAF (Rtd), WO1 Mike Teoh Chong Kooi RMAF (Rtd), Maj Chow Yun Kai (Rtd), Lt Col Chua Eng Lye (Rtd), CPO Chen Ka Kim RMN (Rtd), Maj Mohd Johaizad bin Jarudin, Lt Cdr Phua Hean Sim RMN (Rtd).

Chinese Youth Recruitment Meeting With Cawangan Sumber Manusia Tentera Darat (CSM TD)
13 Aug 18
MACVA had a meeting with CSM TD Team headed by Col Hassan bin Embong on 9 Aug 2018 at MACVA office at the Boulevard, Mid Valley City. The discussions centered on MACVA's cooperation and assistance in encouraging more Chinese youth to join the Army in CSM TD forthcoming Young Soldier Recruitment in all States including Sabah and Sarawak. It is an honour and a timely recognition given to MACVA by the Ministry of Defence. Those present at the meeting were:-
CSM TD:-
Col Hassan bin Embong, Pengarah Dasar dan Pembangunan CSM
Maj Christine Lee Sue Chin, Pasukan Udara TD
Maj Mohd Johaizad bin Jarudin, PS 2 Sel LLP CSM
MACVA:-
President Maj Tan Pau Son (Rtd),
VP Army Maj Godfrey Chang (Rtd),
VP RMN Lt Cdr Phua Hean Sim RMN (Rtd),
Hon Secretary Lt Col Wong Ah Jit (Rtd),
CYR Project Leader Lt Col Carol Loo (Rtd),
Lt Col Chua Eng Lye (Rtd),
Maj Chow Yun Kai (Rtd),
Maj Lim Wai Fah RMAF (Rtd),
Maj Ng Joo Chay (Rtd),
WO 1 Mike Teoh Chong Kooi RMAF (Rtd),
CPO Chen Ka Kim RMN (Rtd),
CPO Ho Weng Kong RMN (Rtd),
WO 1 Steven Lam Hong RMAF (Rtd).

It is one of MACVA objectives to provide continual support and serve as a resource to the Malaysian Armed Forces. We sincerely hope that this effort with CSM TD will pave the way forward to increasing the number of Chinese Young Soldier in the Army. MACVA would like to express its sincere gratitude to invited Press and TV Selangor for the news coverage.

macva TV Selangor 9 Aug 2018.

macva TV Selangor 9 Aug 2018.

MACVs with UiTM Staff and Students.

UiTM Merdeka Video Shoot
17 Jul 18
UiTM students from Shah Alam had a Merdeka Video Shoot session with MACVs recently. The Video session was a Community Service Project by a group of 24 students that are embarking on their Co-curriculum module. The shooting took place at Darul Redzuan Museum in Ipoh on 16 Jul 18. Leading the students was Encik Ku Hadzrill Jeeffry bin Ku Hamzah, Senior Co-curriculum Officer and his staff. Two MACVs who were born before Merdeka was present to shared their experiences while serving with the Malaysian Armed Forces.

WO 2 Lee Ah Like (Rtd) and Sgt Leong Swee Thin (Rtd) both joined the 1st Federation Regiment in 1958. They retired on 17 Dec 1983 and 12 Dec 1980 respectively. Both have experiences with Malaysian Special Forces that served ONUC (Organisation des Nations Unies au Congo) in the 1960's. MACVA would like to thank UiTM for inviting MACVs to participate in this Community Service Project and are very happy to see that Young Graduate students are taking an interest in Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans and finding out their contributions towards Hari Merdeka.

Maj Wong Kwai Yinn (Rtd) presenting MACVA souvenir to Encik Ku Hadzrill Jeeffry.
WO 2 Lee Ah Like (Rtd) receiving UiTM memento.
Sgt Leong Swee Thin (Rtd) receiving UiTM memento.
MACVA Group Photo after Press Conference.
WO Patrick Lee Kai Tong RMAF (Rtd) describing the Nuri helicopter shooting incident.

MACVA Press Conference On Speech By Ismail Mina Ahmad
15 Jan 18
Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (MACVA) has today call a Press Conference in reponse to the speech made by Ismail Mina Ahmad, the chairman of Ummah on 13 January 2018 as reported by Malay Mail Online. The event took place at MACVA office at the Boulevard, Mid Valley City.

The full text of the press statement released during the event are as below:

PRESS STATEMENT

15 January 2018

Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (MACVA) salutes our veterans who were awarded the Panglima Gagah Berani (PGB) medal for acts of extreme bravery and valor!

1. Colonel Maurice Lam Shye Choon PGB (deceased)
2. Major Lee Ah Pow (Rtd) PGB
3. Second Lieutenant David Fu Chee Ming (Rtd) PGB
4. Sargeant Choo Woh Soon (Rtd) PGB
5. Sargeant Cheng Eng Chin PGB (deceased)
6. Ranger Mat Isa Bin Hassan PGB (A Chinese from East Malaysia)

MACVA views with grave concern and disappointment the speech made by Ismail Mina Ahmad, the chairman of the Ummah umbrella group for Muslim organisations during the "Konvensyen Kebangkitan Ummah 2018" held at the Malaysia Islamic Centre in Kuala Lumpur on January 13, 2018.

In his speech, as reported by Malay Mail Online, he asserted that ONLY the Malays had resisted the British colonists, Japanese occupiers and battled against Communist insurgents. His reference of the "3 stars" Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) failed to mention that the 10th Regiment Malayan Communist Party (MCP) was predominantly a Malay regiment unit operating in the jungles of Northern Malaysia and Southern Thailand, whose leader was Abdullah CD with followers - his wife Suriani Abdullah, Shamsiah Fakeh, Abu Samah Mohamad Kassim, Rashid Maidin.

Ismail's assertions were factually and historically inaccurate and had belittled the contributions of the Non Malay veterans, specifically the Chinese, Ibans, Indians, Sikhs and many others.

MACVA, with a membership close to a 1000 veterans since its inception on 31 August 2016, and the thousands before us who have passed on, is a true testimony of a large group of Chinese veterans who had serve loyally in military campaigns in the defence of our beloved Malaysia. Needless to say, there were also Chinese veterans who sadly lost their lives and limbs in the defence of the nation; and with pride a number of them had been bestowed bravery awards by the nation.

MACVA calls upon all Malaysians to rebutt these inaccurate and irresponsible assertions made by Ismail Mina Ahmad.

Major Tan Pau Son (Retired)
President
MACVA



"休想抹煞华裔军兵抗战血史” 华裔退伍军人协会出示表扬名单
梁丹袖 最后更新6个月前 · 刊登于15 Jan 2018 3:00PM

马来西亚华裔退伍军人协会今天呼吁全民唾弃发生“日侵时代唯有巫裔保家卫国”的不实言论的穆斯林群体组织(Ummah),强烈谴责这个组织歪曲事实。

马来西亚华裔退伍军人协会(Malaysia Armed Forces Chinese, MACVA )主席兼退役少校陈保山今日在谷中城召开的新闻发布会上,一一读出早年荣获最高元首册封为“勇将”的华裔军人。

“我们想要告诉你,我们不乏华裔老兵因为英勇特殊和的表现而获封最高元首颁发“勇将”勋章(Panglimah Gagah Berani, PGB)。”

“这个新闻发布会与政治无关,我们只是特别关注穆斯林群体Ummah主席伊斯迈米纳对外宣布,只有马来人抗拒英殖民者、日本侵略着和共产恐怖分子。

陈保山非议伊斯迈米纳断章取义,只提带三星标志的马来亚共产党(Communist Party of Malaya, CDM), 却只字不提马共一个以巫裔成员为主、活跃于马届边界深山的第十军团(10th Regiment)。

“他们的领袖是阿都拉西迪(Abduallah CD)、他的妻子Suriani Abdullah、Shamsiah Fakeh、Abu Samah Mohamad Kassim、Rasid Maidin。”

“我们所谓的“Templer 12”, 是首12个被国家送往英国桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院(Sanhurts)接受训练的部队人员, 当中有7名是非巫裔,7人当中有5、6人是华裔。”

“如果对方说非巫裔没有加入部队,这又怎么说?我们有照片、我们有名字。”

“伊斯迈米纳发表与历史不符的声明,等同轻视非马来人老兵尤其是华裔、伊班人、印裔、锡克人等对国家的贡献。”

这名退役少校指出,马来西亚华裔退伍军人协会旗下会员逾千,而已经作古的华裔战士都是最真实的证明,说明曾有大批华裔老兵为了捍卫国土而加入抗战行动。

“我们想要告诉马来西亚人,我们曾经参与保卫国家,指我们没有为国服务是大错特错。”

退役上校黎亚保痛斥伊斯万米纳抹煞当年非巫裔军兵英勇保国的贡献。(图:透视大马)

退役上校黎亚保(74岁)受访时表示,他感到既难过又生气,因为没有国阵、巫统、马华、国大党的领袖挺身出来终结(伊斯迈米纳)的言论。

“我们现在还活着,但以后我们不在了,谁会记得这段历史?我的儿子和孙子没机会加入抗战,他们听了这样的话,在太阳底下,这说得过去吗?”

“我知道谷比莪(Gubir,马泰边境)的森林、沙巴的森林、砂拉越的森林,那是很多人父辈祖辈的坟墓。”

“不要忘记,非巫裔还包括卡达山人、姆律人、伊班人,他们也有参与抗战。”

黎亚保忆述,当年19岁就加入部队,如今转眼30年,头发都灰白却突然听闻有人发表如此不负责任的言论,企图抹去当年军兵奋勇舍命保卫国家的事实。

“这不是自夸,也不是到处炫耀我当处加入部队,但在事隔多年后,有人只凭着一句话就抹去我在军队中30年的贡献,我能不生气吗?”

“我很开心我还活着,我的战友好多都作古了,我还记得1975年,我的伙伴Captain Harjeet Singh在谷比莪被射杀,还有那些在空军部伍驾驶直升机的战友,一个炸弹就没了性命。当时我们正处在第二紧急状态(Second Malayan Emergency,又称马来亚共产党叛乱)的高峰期。”

“请问伊斯迈米纳尝过困在深山的日子吗?见识过深山的蚊子和水蛭吗?头发灰白的人不会忘记当时的马来亚是什么样子。”

马来西亚华裔退伍军人协会成立于2016年国庆日,隶属国防部退伍事务局(Jabatan Hal Ehwal Veteran ATM, JHEV)。

荣获勇士勋章华裔军人名单:
已故林锡春 上校
李亚保 退役少校
大卫符志明 退役少尉
朱和顺 退役曹长
已故曾英尽 曹长
莫益沙(东马华裔)退役士兵

荣获飞行勋章华裔军人名单:
张琼礼 退役中校
梁福昌 退役中校
田承安 退役上尉

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‘We have our scars’: Chinese army vets slam Ummah for denying minorities’ part
By Anith Adilah 15 January 2018

Macva president Major Tan Pau Son during Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association press conference at The Boulevard Mid Valley City January 15, 2018. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Ethnic Chinese army veterans have railed against Malay-Muslim coalition Ummah today over the latter’s erroneous claim that only Malays had resisted British colonists, Japanese occupiers and Communist insurgents.

At a press conference today, Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (Macva) president Major (Rtd) Tan Pau Son said cleric Ismail Mina Ahmad’s remarks were not only historically and factually wrong, but had belittled the contributions of the non-Malay veterans including the Ibans, Indians, Sikhs.

“We participated in defending our country and some of us still have scars to show that we were there — risking our lives,” Tan told a press conference at Mavca headquarters at Midvalley Boulevard here.

“Needless to say there were also Chinese veterans who sadly lost their lives and limbs in the defence of the nation.

“All Malaysians should rebutt all these inaccurate and irresponsible assertions made by Ismail,” he said.

Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association pose for group photo after press conference at The Boulevard Mid Valley City January 15, 2018. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

an also pointed out that there were six Chinese members of the armed forces who were bestowed with the Panglima Gagah Berani medals for their extreme bravery: Colonel Maurice Lam Shye Choon, Major (Rtd) Lee Ah Pow, Second Lieutenant (Rtd) David Fu Chee Ming, Sergeant (Rtd) Choo Woh Soon, Sergeant Cheng Eng Chin, and Ranger Mat Isa Hassan.

Meanwhile, three others, Lieutenant Colonel Chong Kheng Ley, Lieutenant Colonel Leong Fook Cheong, and Captain Tien Sen An, were awarded Pingat Tentera Udara for their valour.

“We have Chinese veterans who receive gallantry awards and this alone is a testament that the Malays were not the only ones who protected the nation,” he said.

On Saturday, Ismail who is the chairman of the Ummah umbrella group for Muslim organisations, also asserted that only the Malays had battled the Communists, which he claimed made the community a target of the predominantly-Chinese Insurgency that lasted for forty years.

One particular war veteran who narrowly escaped death while fighting a battle in Southern Thailand in 1978, said he was hurt and angered by Ismail’s remarks in the convention outlining the demands of the Muslim lobby.

WO Patrick Lee Kai Tong, 71 shows scar from a bullet during Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association press conference at The Boulevard Mid Valley City January 15, 2018. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Warrant Officer Patrick Lee Kai Tong said Ismail’s statement was not only ignorant but hurtful to armed forces who had witnessed countless deaths and suffered various injuries in the name of the country.

Lee, now 71, walks around with a hole in his left arm after being shot by the communists who had zeroed in on the Nuri helicopter he was in while landing to provide ammunition supply to his own troop.

“Does he even know what it is like to be in a warzone? He can say what he want but do not hurt people’s feelings,” Lee said.

“Maybe this scar from an M-16 is not enough for me to prove that I was there fighting for the country but know that every memory, every death — even the smell of it stays with me.”

Tan also chided Ismail for conveniently forgetting that there were many Malay members among the Communist insurgents.

“In Ismail’s speech, he failed to mention that the 10th Regiment Malayan Communist Party was predominantly a Malay regiment unit operating in the jungles of Northern Malaysia and Southern Thailand.

“The leader was Abdullah CD and his followers Suriani Abdullah, Shamsiah Fakeh, Abu Samah Mohamad Kassim and Rashid Maidin,” Tan said.

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