Pudu Prison siege

Date	17–22 October 1986
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Result	UTK victory Hostages rescued

Belligerents

Royal Malaysia Police

Pudu Jail prisoners

Commanders and leaders

Comm Dato' Zaman Khan

Jimmy Chua

Strength

12 UTK operators

6 prisoners

Casualties and losses

None

6 captured

2 hostages lightly wounded

The Pudu Prison siege began on 17 October 1986 and ended six days later on 22 October. The siege began when six prisoners led by Jimmy Chua held a doctor and a laboratory technician hostage at the now demolished Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur. On 22 October, the hostage crisis at the prison ended without bloodshed when the Malaysian police counter-terrorism group Special Actions Unit (UTK) of PGK stormed the prison and rescued the two hostages.

Chua Chap Seng, a Singaporean also known as Jimmy Chua, fatally shot Constable Mohd Yassin Bin Ismail on 8 February 1984. Before killing the officer, the suspect was involved in other criminal activities, including possession of firearms and acting as the leader of secret societies. After killing Officer Yassin, the Kuala Lumpur police were ordered to hunt down Jimmy Chua. The senior police officers and men involved in Jimmy Chua's arrest were members of Intelligence Unit (D4) of Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters, led by Inspector Bakri Bin Ghazali (a former Singaporean police inspector) and four members: Detective Constable Rosdi Shafie, Corporal How Beng Seng, Detective Constable Rahman, Detective Constable Anuar and Detective Constable Azizan.

The team successfully arrested Jimmy Chua several days after he had murdered Officer Yassin. The cops received information that Chua was in the vicinity of Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur and was driving a stolen red coloured Datsun Sunny car with a false plate number CU 125. Officer Rosdi with his colleagues were on regular patrols around Bukit Bintang in an unmarked green police van. During one of the patrols, they finally spotted Jimmy Chua on Khoo Teik Ee Street off Medan Imbi Street at about 5 pm. They followed the car to Khoo Teik Eee Street before intercepting and stopping the suspect's car. The team quickly surrounded the suspect's vehicle with weapons drawn. The ambush was successful and Chua did not resist nor did he attempt to escape. Upon his arrest, Chua was found to be in possession of a revolver and six rounds of ammunition. Chua was detained in Pudu Prison.

On the morning of 17 October 1986, a routine medical check-up being conducted by Doctor Radzi Bin Jaafar (38), a skin specialist of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and his UKM laboratory technician, Mr. Abdul Azizi Bin Abdul Majid in the prison clinic was suddenly interrupted by six prisoners who rushed into the clinic without warning. The leader of the six was Chua Chap Seng, aka Jimmy Chua (37). The other five Malaysians in his gang were: Ng Lai Huat (24), Sin Ah Lau (19), Lam Hock Sung (27), Yap Chee Keong (21) and Phang Boon Ho (27); all had been remanded for violating the Firearms Act. The group, armed with sharpened shoe heels and other improvised weapons, seized the two medical officers as hostages. The electricity supply to the prison clinic was also cut at the demand of the prisoners. The group then ordered the Pudu Prison medical assistant, several prisoners in the sick bay, and the warder guarding the clinic to leave. The warder, who was the last to leave the clinic, locked the gate to prevent the six hostage takers from leaving. Then he alerted the prison officers who surrounded the clinic. Shortly thereafter, Chua and his men demanded to speak to Superintendent Wan Zakaria of the Prison Department. The prisoners told him that they wanted the charges against them reduced and demanded to speak to a higher authority.

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