1967 Penang Hartal riot
| 1967 Penang Hartal riot | |||
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| Date | 24 November – 13 December 1967 | ||
| Location | Penang | ||
| Causes | Protest against the devaluation of the old currency by the administration of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister. | ||
| Methods | Protest, general strike, riot | ||
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27 killed 137 injured | |||
The 1967 Penang Hartal riot (Malay: Hartal Pulau Pinang 1967), initially intended as a peaceful protest began on 24 November 1967. However, the 1967 Hartal escalated into a bloody situation of heightened racial tension which turned the relatively peaceful holiday island into a deserted, cowboy town. The protest was even cited as one of the major events which might have prepared the grounds for the 1969 racial riots[1][2][3][4] Twenty years earlier, the all-Malaya hartal shut down the whole Malay peninsula.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Penang's untold story: Hartal 1967 | FZ : Malaysia News - General, Political, National, Business, World". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ↑ Dennis Bloodworth (15 October 2010). The Tiger and the Trojan Horse. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-981-4561-74-7.
- ↑ "Newspaper Article - Curfew in Penang after 5 hartal riot deaths". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ↑ "Ku Keng: Sejarah Berdarah". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ↑ "Hartal, a word that can still shake the country - The Malaysian Insider". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
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