Claim

Claim 981

The October 1987 arrests were carried out under the operational codename Lalang.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The October 1987 arrests were carried out under the operational codename Lalang.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: Operation code-named Lalang
About: incident 1987-malaysia-printing-act-bars-court-review
Source: Detained Without Trial: Abuse of Internal Security Act Detainees in Malaysia
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2005-09-26

Quotation from the source

These arrests took place under the operational codename lalang