Zheng Luosheng

Ipoh
Zheng Luosheng (1865 - 1940)
Zheng was renowned for starting newspapers and he was one of Dr Sun's most loyal followers. In 1907, Zheng participated in the Second Guangzhou (Yellow Flower Mound) Uprising  but returned to Ipoh upon its failure. He passed away in Nanjing in 1940. Upon Zheng Luosheng's passing, the Chinese Republican Government posthumously decorated him with words of praise: Benevolence and Loyalty, Honour and Peace.

One of Dr Sun's letters to Zheng Luosheng and Lee Guan Swee.

Lee Guan Swee

Lee Guan Swee
The English-educated Lee was one of Dr Sun's most trusted aides in Southeast Asia. Lee passed away during the Pacific War. At that time, the Republican government in Chongqing gave Lee a state funeral where his casket was draped with the republican flag to commemorate his contributions to the revolution.

Ke Shuijin

Other supporters from Ipoh:
Ou Shengang, Li Xiaozhang, Tang Boling, Liu Yexing, Huang Yiyi, Liang Shennan

Taiping
Ke Shuijin, Lu Wenhui, Chen Zhian

Kampar
Yang Chaodong  

Loke Chow Kit

Kuala Lumpur
Loke Chow Kit
Loke Chow Kit was English educated and a British subject at that time. He was a famous mine owner and industrialist in Kuala Lumpur, and was one of Dr Sun's able aides in Selangor. Mr and Mrs Loke Chow Kit were distinguished personalities in the state of Selangor.

Loke Chow Thye

Loke Chow Thye
Loke Chow Thye, younger brother of Loke Chow Kit, was a British subject and received an English education. He was a successful mine owner. He was one of Dr Sun's greatest supporters in Selangor. In supporting the revolution, Loke Chow Thye's wife was a huge influence on him. At that time, women were rare in the revolutionary movement and Mrs Loke was one of them.

Too Nam

Too Nam
Too Nam (1854 - 1939), a Cantonese (Shunde), was a renowned educationist in Kuala Lumpur. Too Nam once founded the Too Nam School for Boys and Girls. He taught Dr Sun the Chinese Language in Honolulu, Hawaii. He returned to KL shortly after. When Dr Sun was in KL to stage his revolutionary movement, Too Nam participated actively and offered much assistance. When Dr Sun first gave a lecture at Chung Hua Cinema Hall (now Rex Theatre) in KL, many members from the Royalists as well as Qing government spies came to disrupt the event. At that time, Too Nam was the chairman of the event. Too Nam assigned several well-built young men to guard the premises. One of them was his third son, Du Zhixin. Together with Peng Zemin, they held axes in their hands to ward off disruptors.

Chan Chim Mooi

Chan Chim Mooi
When Chan Chim Mooi, right, was involved in the revolution, he assumed the position of Chairman of the Revolutionary Alliance branch in Kuala Lumpur.

Other supporters from Kuala Lumpur:
Wang Qingjiang, Ruan Yingfang, Ruan Qingyun, and Ruan Desan

Kuantan
Lu Qiulu

Sungei Lembing
Feng Ziyun

Kuala Pilah
Deng Zeru (Tung Yen)
Deng Zeru, originally named Deng En (Tung Yen), was born in China in 1870. He belonged to the Cantonese dialect group (Xinhui). He used to own a mine in Kampar before he started becoming a supplier in provisions in Kuala Pilah. In 1906, he joined the Revolutionary Alliance. As Deng Zeru was one of the most important revolutionary leaders in Malaya, he was asked to go to China to become the Finance Minister of the infant Republican government in 1912.

Seremban
Huang Xinte, Tan Rong, Zhu Chini, Cai Chisan, Wu Xishi

Shen Hongbo
Shen Hongbo, a revolutionary from Malacca. He was of the Hokkien dialect (Jinjiang). Born in 1873 in China, Shen received traditional Chinese schooling. He came to Malacca when he was 20 and dabbled in planting cash crops. Due to his effective management, he became one of Malacca's wealthiest men. He began propagating revolutionary ideals when he was 25 and was a leader of the revolutionaries in Malacca. In 1907, he was elected Chairman of the Revolutionary Alliance branch in Malacca.

Other supporters include:
Li Yuechi

Muar
Tang Shoushan, Liu Jingshan

Sarawak
Luo Congjian
Xiao Chunsheng
Li Zhendian

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The Penang Conference

Staged on April 27, 1911, in Guangzhou, the "Second Guangzhou Uprising" (commonly known as Yellow Flower Mound Revolt) was one of the largest in scale of Dr Sun's ten failed uprisings. Its significance went beyond its predecessors for it was the spark that ignited the successful "Wuchang Uprising" on October 10, 1911. Planned in Penang, many overseas Chinese from Singapore and Malaya participated in the "Yellow Flower Mound Revolt." It was one of the most violent episodes of the revolution. 

Chng Eng Joo, Penang

On November 13, 1910, Dr Sun held the important "Penang Conference" at 120 Armenian Street (Chng Eng Joo) in Penang, Malaya. Comrades such as his elder brother Sun Mei, Huang Xing, Hu Hanmin, Zhao Sheng and Dai Jitao attended the secret meeting. Other attendees included Goh Say Eng, Chen Xinzheng and Huang Jinqing from Penang; Zheng Luosheng and Lee Guan Swee from Ipoh; and Deng Zeru from Kuala Pilah. 

During the meeting, Dr Sun stressed that they had to launch another uprising of a bigger scale in Guangzhou. However, due to the many previous failures, which led to heavy financial losses and casualties, most of his disappointed supporters were reluctant to sacrifice more of their resources. 

In desperation, the teary-eyed Dr Sun beseeched them to finance the revolution one last time. He promised them that if this last uprising did not succeed, he would retire into oblivion forever. 

Moved by Dr Sun's sincerity, his Malayan comrades donated 8000 Malayan dollars on the spot. After the Penang Conference, fundraising drives were conducted all throughout the peninsula, leading to the launch of the "Second Guangzhou Uprising" (Yellow Flower Mound Revolt) as scheduled.

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