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Malaysian Chinese Association
The Malaysian Chinese Association, founded in 1949 as the Malayan Chinese Association under Tan Cheng Lock, is a political party representing ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. It began partly as a welfare body for Chinese moved into new villages during the Malayan Emergency. It joined the United Malays National Organisation in the Alliance that won independence in 1957 and remained a partner in the Barisan Nasional coalition.
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