S. A. Ganapathy
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S.A. Ganapathy was a veteran of the communist underground resistance during Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya. He was once the president of Malaya's largest trade union, th
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Pudu Prison
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Pudu Prison, also known as Pudu Jail or Pudu Gaol, was a prison in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Built in phases by the British colonial government between 1891 and 1895, it was located along Jalan Shaw. Th
S. A. Ganapathy
…in possession of firearms. Ganapathy was said to be on the way to the police to surrender his firearms, when he was arrested and sentenced to hang in Pudu Prison, Kuala Lumpur. His close allies and mentor Guru Devan, Anthonysamy, Arumugam Thevar from Thambikkottai, Kittu Thevar of Thambikottai Marvakkadu and…
An overhead view of the Pudu Prison complex, as seen from Berjaya Times Square, in 2004
The main gate of Pudu Prison, 2007. The gate has been preserved and forms part of a public park on the grounds of the Bukit Bintang City Centre.
Overgrown west wall of Pudu Prison in February 2011.
As of October 2012, parts of Pudu Prison which sitting next to Jalan Pudu has been demolished.