2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis
The 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis took place in Muar, Johor, Malaysia on 7 July 2011. About 30 kindergarten children and four teachers of the Serikids Kindergarten in Sungai Abong were held hostages by the hammer-wielding man Lau Hui Chung, 40. He was suspected to be a drug addict and mentally-deranged, was armed with a hammer and a machete and he threatened to kill the hostages if his demand was not met. The Special Actions Unit or Unit Tindakan Khas of the Royal Malaysia Police was deployed to face the crisis. The siege ended at exactly 1541 GMT after UTK members stormed the building with tear gas and shot the suspect. All 30 kindergarten children and four teachers were saved. The suspect Lau Hui Chung was injured in his head and was taken to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital and later he died.
