MacDonald House bombingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation,searchThis article is part ofthe History of Singapore seriesEarly history of Singapore (pre-1819)Founding of modern Singapore (1819–1826)Straits Settlements (1826–1867)Crown colony (1867–1942)Battle of Singapore (1942)Japanese Occupation (1942–1945)Sook Ching massacre (1942–1945)Post-war period (1945–1955)First Legislative Council (1948–1951)Maria Hertogh riots(1950)Second Legislative Council (1951–1955)Anti-National Service Riots (1954)Internal self-government (1955–1962)Hock Lee bus riots (1955)Chinese middle schools riots (1956)Merger with Malaysia (1962–1965)Merger referendum (1962)Operation Coldstore (1963)Race riots in Singapore (1964)MacDonald House bombing (1965)Republic of Singapore (1965–present)1969 race riots of Singapore (1969)Operation Spectrum (1987)East Asian financial crisis (1997)Embassies attack plot (2001)Timeline of Singaporean historyv ? d ? eThe MacDonald House bombing occurred on 10 March 1965, at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building (now known as MacDonald House) along Orchard Road, Singapore. The time bomb was planted by Indonesian saboteurs, during the Konfrontasi period. It killed two people and injured at least 33.[1]Since 1963, the Indonesian Government had opposed the formation of Malaysia and infiltrated saboteurs into both Singapore and Malaysia aiming to exploit racial tensions and undertake acts of sabotage to destroy vital installations, beginning on 24 September 1963. These saboteurs later resorted to exploding bombs indiscriminately to create public alarm and panic. The bombing of the MacDonald House was the 29th, and the most serious of the bombings in Singapore,Christian Louboutin Pumps, killed 2 bank workers. They were Mrs. Suzie Choo, 36. private secretary to the Bank Manager, and Miss Juliet Goh,designer shoes, 23, a filing clerk in the bank.[2] These bombings were called "Konfrontasi" by Jakarta.Special Branch officers and police tracked down and arrested two Indonesian commandos, Harun Said and Osman Hj Mohd Ali, who were members of the Indonesian Marine Corps. They were later convicted and were executed by hanging on 17 October, 1968.[edit] ReferencesBrazil, David. Insider's Singapore. Singapore: Times Books International,vibram five, 2001.^ Jackie Sam, Philip Khoo, Cheong Yip Seng, Abul Fazil, Roderick Pestana and Gabriel Lee (11 March 1965). "Terror Bomb kills 2 Girls at Bank" (reprint). The Straits Times. http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19650311.2.3.aspx. ^ Jackie Sam, Philip Khoo, Cheong Yip Seng, Abul Fazil, Roderick Pestana and Gabriel Lee (11 March 1965). "Terror Bomb kills 2 Girls at Bank" (reprint). The Straits Times. http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/merger/headline/mterror1.html. This Singapore-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v ? d ? eRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacDonald_House_bombing"Categories: Improvised explosive device bombings | Terrorism in Singapore | Singapore in Malaysia | 1965 in Singapore | Singapore stubsHidden categories: Malaysia articles missing geocoordinate data | All articles needing coordinatesPersonal toolsNew featuresLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleInteractionAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaDonate to WikipediaHelpToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesBahasa Indonesia This page was last modified on 7 May 2010 at 17:52.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation,Manolo Blahnik Shoes, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers
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