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1964 race riots in Singapore | ||||
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Part of the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation | ||||
Date | 21 July 1964 3 September 1964 | |||
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Caused by | Political and religious tensions between ethnic Chinese and Malay groups | |||
Methods | Rioting | |||
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Lead figures | ||||
Yusof Ishak | ||||
Casualties and arrests | ||||
Death(s) | 23 (July riots) 13 (September riots)[1] | |||
Injuries | 454 (July riots) 106 (September riots)[1] | |||
Arrested | 3,568 (July riots) 1,439 (September riots)[1] | |||
Detained | 945 (July riots) 268 (September riots)[1] | |||
Charged | 715 (July riots) 154 (September riots)[1] |
History of Singapore |
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History of Malaysia |
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The 1964 race riots in Singapore involved a series of communal race-based civil disturbances between the Malays and Chinese in Singapore following its merger with Malaysia in 16 September 1963, and were considered to be the "worst and most prolonged in Singapore's postwar history".[1][2] The term is also used to refer specifically to two riots on 21 July 1964 and 2 September 1964, particularly the former, during which 23 people died and 454 others suffered severe injuries.[3]
The riots are seen as pivotal in leading up to the independence of Singapore in 1965, its policies of multiracialism and multiculturalism, and to justify laws such as the Internal Security Act.