Memali Incident

Memali Siege
Date	19 November 1985
Location	Kampung Memali, Baling,; Kedah, Malaysia5.815754°N 100.894549°E
Result	Government of Malaysia victory Ibrahim Mahmud killed.; Mass arrest of Ibrahim's followers.;
Belligerents
Government of Malaysia PDRM;	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Commanders and leaders
Mahathir Mohamad; Musa Hitam; Mohammed Hanif Omar	Ibrahim Mahmud †
Strength
200 policemen	400 followers; Unknown number of armed villagers
Casualties and losses
4 killed	14 killed ; 159 arrested
	Location within Malaysia Memali Incident (Peninsular Malaysia)

The Memali Incident (Malay: Peristiwa Memali) or code-named as Operasi Angkara ("Operation Cause") and Operasi Hapus ("Operation Destroy") was a major incident that occurred in the remote village of Kampung Memali, Baling in the Malaysian state of Kedah on 19 November 1985.

A team of 200 policemen, under orders from the Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam, laid siege to kampung (village) houses in Memali, near Baling in Kedah. The houses were occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud a.k.a. Ibrahim Libya. The siege resulted in the deaths of 14 villagers and 4 policemen.

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