The Malayan Communist Party (MCP) launched their second insurgency on June 17, 1968, twenty years after their first insurgency. On that day, the MCP launched an attack which killed 17 members of security forces near Kroh-Bentong. However, things would quickly take a turn for the worse when, in 1970, issues began to arise within the MCP. It was believed that government spies had infiltrated the MCP and began working to divide the group. Many members of the MCP started to accuse each other of working with the government, and if they were found to actually be government agents, would usually be put to death. By late 1974, the government agents’ actions had proved successful. The MCP had split into two main groups. The remnants of the MCP grew weaker and weaker and by 1987 the last remaining groups surrendered. Thus, it marked the end of the MCP insurgency.