What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1963
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 4
- Coordinates
- 1.17° N, 103.74° E
- Description
- 1963 rioting incident in a former prison island of Singapore
Placed at the island its title names, Pulau Senang.
Pulau Senang prison riots
1963 rioting incident in a former prison island of Singapore
The Pulau Senang riots was a case of armed rioting and murder that happened at the Singaporean island of Pulau Senang, where a reformative prison settlement was operated by the government of Singapore to imprison and rehabilitate secret society members, as well as to avoid prison overcrowding at Changi Prison.
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