List of massacres in Malaysia

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The following are a list of massacres that have occurred in Malaysia and its predecessors:

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Parit Sulong Massacre January 23, 1942 Johor, Japanese-occupied Malaya 133Killing of Allied prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese military.
Sook Ching February to March 1942 Japanese-occupied Malaya 70,000Killing of ethnic Chinese populations in Malaya by the Imperial Japanese military, following similar actions in Singapore.
Jesselton Revolt October 9, 1943 Jesselton, British Borneo 324
Batang Kali massacre December 12, 1948 Batang Kali, Malaya 24Killing of villagers (alleged to be communist sympathisers) by counter-guerrilla British Army troops.
Bukit Kepong incident February 23, 1950 Bukit Kepong, Muar 25Killing of police, women and children by Communist party of Malaya
Alor Akar School massacreAugust 24, 1969 Alor Akar 3A 23-year-old teacher at a vocational school in Alor Akar, Kuantan attacked several sleeping students in the school hostel. He killed three students and wounded two others, one of them critically, with a dagger. The teacher surrendered and was later arrested by police. [1] [2]
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 hijacking December 4, 1977 Tanjung Kupang 100Hijacking of a Malaysian plane, possibly by the Japanese Red Army.
1985 Lahad Datu ambush September 23-24, 1985 Lahad Datu, Sabah26 (including the perpetrators)A group of Moro pirates raid the town and commit robberies and shootings.
Memali Incident November 19, 1985Kampung Memali, Baling,
Malaysia 		18Killing of Islamists by the Royal Malaysia Police.
1986 Sabah riots March 1986 Sabah 5Seven plastic explosives were detonated in Kota Kinabalu. A bomb was also detonated in Tawau. At least five bombs exploded in Sandakan killing one newspaper vendor and injuring a senior Police Field Force officer. The riots resulted in the death of 5 people.
Shooting of Ong Teik Kwong December 1, 2016Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, Penang 3Datuk Ong, a 32 year old businessman, was driving his car to Penang with his bodyguard and a passenger. The bodyguard, Ja'afar Halid, pulled out his gun and shot Ong. Ja'afar Halid's subsequent shooting also accidentally hit seven people at the scene, resulting in two more deaths and four injured.

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