“ You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain” - Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight)

COMMENT The death of Chin Peng marks the end of the era whose ghosts has been used to haunt us for decades. The decrepit visage of the aged former communist guerrilla, who waged a war against various powers both colonial and legitimate, will soon fade away but for the occasional need for some to pick at old scars to facilitate new wounds.