TheAll Ceylon Malay Political Union (Persekutuan Politics Melayu Lankapuri) was apolitical party inCeylon (present-day Sri Lanka). The party was founded in 1944 as theAll Ceylon Malay Congress. The party sought to promote the rights of theMalay minority and gain parliamentary representation for the community.[1] The party was led byM.P. Drahaman.[2]
During the British rule, the party argued that Malay's should be given a separate (from theMoors) parliamentary representation.[3] The party supported the independence struggle inIndonesia.[4]
The party leader M.P. Drahaman was appointed as Member of Parliament in 1956 (serving until 1959) and again in 1960.[5]
The All Ceylon Malay Political Union published a quarterly journal calledKhabar Khabaran.[6]
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