Suriani Abdullah
Suriani Abdullah née Eng Ming Ching was a former central committee member of the Communist Party of Malaya. She is the author of Rejimen Ke-10 dan Kemerdekaan, the official historical account of the 10th Regiment of the Malayan People's National Liberation Army, and Memoir Suriani Abdullah: Setengah Abad Perjuangan.
Suriani was born in January 1924 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. 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 resided in Chulaporn Village No. 12 in Sukhirin, Thailand with her husband, Abdullah CD, with their daughter and her family until her death in 2013.
