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Pudu Prison (Malay: Penjara Pudu), also known as Pudu Jail or Pudu Gaol, was a prison in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Built in phases by the British colonial government between 1891 and 1895, it was located along Jalan Shaw (now Jalan Hang Tuah). [2] The construction began with its 394-metre prison wall at a cost of 16,000 Straits dollars. The wall ...
Jimmy Chua Chap Seng (蔡捷成, 28 August 1947 – 10 October 1989), nicknamed Hokkien Chai, was a Singaporean criminal and former police officer who was infamous for masterminding the 1986 Pudu Prison hostage incident.
Derrick Gregory (1949 [1] – 21 July 1989) was an English drug smuggler who was hanged in Malaysia in 1989. [2] Gregory became the third Westerner to be hanged under Malaysia's tough anti-drugs laws. His hanging was carried out three years after the Barlow and Chambers execution.
There they were imprisoned in Pudu Prison. Barlow continued to profess his innocence. [21] Pudu Prison had been built in 1895 to hold about 700. By 1986 it held around 6,000 prisoners, almost 50 of whom were drug dealers sentenced to death. [19] The appeal started on 16 December 1985.
February 1895 – Pudu Prison in final construction stage and completed at the same year and used as the central prison in Selangor and Federated Malay States. [1] The first governor of Pudu Prison was Lt. Col. J.A.B. Ellen. 1:2. Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895–1946)
Pudu Jalan Pudu, main street in Pudu. Pudu is a ward of Kuala Lumpur located along the Federal Route 1 Pudu Road (Malay: Jalan Pudu). It houses Pudu Sentral (Kuala Lumpur's oldest bus station) and formerly Pudu Prison. Pudu Market (Malay: Pasar Besar Pudu) is one of the largest wet markets in Kuala Lumpur. Adjacent to it is Jalan Pasar (Pasar ...
Sungai Buloh Prison (Malay: Penjara Sungai Buloh; Chinese: 双溪毛糯监狱) is a prison complex in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia and the largest prison complex in Malaysia. Its construction started in 1992 and ended in October 1996, and it was formally opened in November 1996 to replace Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur .
Botak Chin was born in Kuala Lumpur on 3 March 1951 to a family of 10 siblings. His father worked with Malayan Railways, and as a child he lived at the Malaysian Railway quarters adjacent to the Caltex station on Jalan Ipoh in Kuala Lumpur.