As the communist insurgency drew to an end, the proclamation of Malaysia united the federation of Malaya with Sarawak and Sabah to form the independent country of Malaysia. The conditions brought by a further communist insurgency against the newly independent Malaysian state led to the MCP suppressing dissent within its own ranks, causing the split of numerous factions, which began to fight amongst themselves. This culminated in the final dissolution of the Malaysian Communist Party in 1989, as the country's radical left-wing began to look for alternatives to Marxism-Leninism.