Pudu Prison siege

Jimmy Chua Chap Seng, nicknamed Hokkien Chai, was a Singaporean criminal and former police officer who was infamous for masterminding the 1986 Pudu Prison hostage incident. Chua, who allegedly committed the murder of a police officer and several firearm offences in Malaysia, was detained at Pudu Prison when he and five other inmates decided to orchestrate a prison escape by taking two members of the prison staff hostage for six days. The incident ended with no fatalities, and Chua and his five accomplices were all arrested and faced kidnapping charges over the hostage incident. However, in a separate court case, Chua was sentenced to death for firearm charges under the Internal Security Act, and was hanged on 10 October 1989 without being convicted for his role in the Pudu incident, which oversaw the imprisonment of his five associates for the case.

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1986  Wikidata
Jimmy Chua Chap Seng
hostage taking, rebellion, 

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1986 Pudu Prison siege

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1942 Battle of Kuala Lumpur

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1895	Federated Malay States		Wikidata
area	region	1946	Malayan Union		Wikidata
area	region	1948	Federation of Malaya		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Battle of Kuala Lumpur	United Kingdom, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1986	Pudu Prison siege	rebellion, hostage taking	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1996	DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	2005	Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1989	Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering	shipbuilding, business, enterprise, offshore industry	Wikidata