At Former CPM secretary-general Chin Peng's wake in a temple in Bangkok, his long-time comrade Lao Chiang is feeling a mix of betrayal and loyalty. At 84 - and only five years younger than Chin Peng when he died on Sept 16, Lao Chiang said he took up arms because police were looking for him. Joining the insurgency also meant leaving his pregnant wife. He would not meet his daughter for another 36 years, when she sought him out at the peace village in which he settled down, in southern Thailand.
