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Balakrishnan was stripped of his citizenship of Singapore but never became a British citizen either. He remained as an illegal immigrant.
Balakrishnan was stripped of his citizenship of Singapore but never became a British citizen either. He remained as an illegal immigrant.
His south London commune started in the Mao-Tse-Tung Memorial Centre in Brixton, East London in 1976, under the title Workers' Institute of Marxism–Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.
His south London commune started in the Mao-Tse-Tung Memorial Centre in Brixton, East London in 1976, under the title Workers' Institute of [[Marxism–Leninism]]-[[Mao Zedong Thought]].
Balakrishnan believed he had to scrub his followers clean of the bourgeois culture and lifestyle. Members were handed a rota of chores and only allowed to go out in pairs. He told them he was "nature and nature was him" so that everything was controlled by him from the sun, the moon, wind and fires. He claimed he could overthrow governments and control natural disasters. After the more liberal members of his group drifted away, a cult of around 10 female members formed around him.
Balakrishnan believed he had to scrub his followers clean of the bourgeois culture and lifestyle. Members were handed a rota of chores and only allowed to go out in pairs. He told them he was "nature and nature was him" so that everything was controlled by him from the sun, the moon, wind and fires. He claimed he could overthrow governments and control natural disasters. After the more liberal members of his group drifted away, a cult of around 10 female members formed around him.