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Chin Peng Resurrected?
THE MAN, 80, WHO WAS THE MODEL FOR THE PORTRAIT, CAME TO IPOH.
“老人喝咖啡“的主角现身啦！你看像他吗？明天的《星洲日报》为你揭晓！
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7:50PM Dec 27, 2014
Ipoh coffee uncle found, and he’s not Chin Peng
The mural of an elderly man in Ipoh which generated controversy after a local resident claimed it was the image of communist leader Chin Peng turned out to be a dud after all.
Lim Chai, the son of the man featured in the mural, said his family broke into laughter when they first heard about the claim.
“My father looks nothing like Chin Peng, my whole family laughed when we heard about it,” he said in an interview with Kwong Wah Daily published today.
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Lim said his 80-year-old father resides in Penang and older Penangites would know him as he was active in ghost festival activities in the 1980s.
He added that his father in his younger days had also operated a coffee shop.
Lim said Zacharevic met his father at his cousin’s coffee shop on Carnarvon Street, Penang, and had taken an interest in the old man.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284714
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PEOPLE ON TWITTER ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN. THEY’RE LAUGHING THEIR A*** OFF.
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“@Perlimaya: FUN KEPALA BAPAK KO!!! 
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How come this oldies is chin peng? Isn’t all the oldman looks the same?
@ohhmyperak@IpohHappenings@twt_perak pic.twitter.com/wvPx1LO73X
_iamforeverweirdo …
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Salam. Selain mural di Ipoh, harap kerajaan hapuskan juga ahli Parlimen
@mykinabatangan kerana menyerupai Chin Peng. pic.twitter.com/gt9azHXxwK
zoul …
[Nat]2 …
Bung = Chin Peng = Made my day. Kahkahkah!
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Ipoh City Council denies mural based on Chin Peng: IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI) has refuted… http://bit.ly/1AUW8kK <–Full Story
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Tak pun, tambah topi dengan misai, mural yang menyerupai Chin Peng boleh jadi Chinlie Chaplin.
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Kalau betul tak nak sangat menyerupai Chin Peng, tambah je lukis songkok. Jadi Muhammad Chin Abdullah.
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“@anthraxxxx: Apparently every old Chinese men looks like Chin Peng ” looks like papa @zahidhamidi_my
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Ernest Zacharevic comes to Ipoh
The Art of OLDTOWN with Ernest Zacharevic – Old uncle with coffee cup mural
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IS THIS A PORTRAIT OF CHIN PENG?
The Ipoh City Council isn’t taking any chance. They will ask the painter to ‘change the picture’!
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Normala has also rubbished the news protal’s report that the city council would repaint the mural.
Star
Tuesday December 23, 2014 MYT 5:08:15 PM
Ipoh City Council denies mural based on Chin Peng
IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI) has refuted claims that the mural depicting an old man sipping coffee at Jalan Tun Sambathan was based on Communist Party of Malaya secretary-general Chin Peng.
A city council public relations officer said on Tuesday that the mural, painted by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic was instead inspired by a local folk here.
When contacted, MBI corporate principal assistant director Normala Latiff said the face of the old uncle was inspired by a crane operator.
“There is a clip on Youtube that shows the making of these murals in the Old Town.
“Please watch the clip to understand it,” she said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/23/Ipoh-Mural-Chin-Peng-Denies/
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2:57PM Dec 23, 2014
Ipoh council to repaint mural after ‘Chin Peng’ stir
The Ipoh City Council (MBI) will be repainting a mural depicting an old Chinese man sipping coffee at the centre of the town after the mural was accused of having a resemblance to the late communist leader Chin Peng.
According to a report in Sinar Harian today, MBI would “discuss” with famous mural painter, Ernest Zacherevic, who painted the mural, to “change the picture”.
The report quoted a “source” from MBI as saying so after several complaints were raised about the resemblance of the man painted to Chin Peng.
However, MBI has maintained that the mural does not depict Chin Peng.
In the same report, Perak NGO Front chairperson Mohd Salleh Mohd Khan urged an “investigation” to determine who is the man depicted in the mural painting.
“Even the building owner must be investigated so that everything is made clear,” he said.
State Islamic NGO Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram) chief Yahanis Yahya said that the local council must give an “explanation” about the mural, while urging that all sensitivities be preserved.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284322
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11 June 2014
ZACHAREVIC HAS FINISHED ONE STREET MURAL.
Notice the design on the cup?
HE HAS STARTED ON THE NEXT!
Where is this place? On the road between Standard Chartered Bank and the old Mercantile Bank (now Hong Kong Bank).
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WHAT’S GOING ON? What are they shooting with their hand phone cameras?
This: Zacharevic’s mural. I had taken these photos the day before, Sunday.
I took them from left to right…
Two kids ran excitedly from their car towards the mural..
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weehingthong 
Most interesting. Ha ha ha.