I’m not sure about you, but I still remember the nationwide horror that this man caused until everyone was scared and stayed indoors once upon a time, around 17 years back. Although being the most notorious killer in Malaysian history, there is little information about him anywhere on the Internet. I’ve combined offline and online sources to write this article. This article was originally in Malay.
I’m not in any way trying to promote this wicked criminal, but rather trying to tell you the story of the most notorious criminal in Malaysia once upon a time. I could not grab hold of his picture, if any of you have a copy, I would be grateful if you could send it over to me.
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It’s easy for him to kill anyone. When the man feels angry, he would just shoot and kill anyone who had made him angry without thinking of the consequences. He had never thought that owning a gun or killing someone in cold blood is punishable by death in court.
P. Kalimuthu had no guilty conscience at all and thinks that he was above the law in Malaysia. His wicked mind made Kalimuthu a.k.a Bentong Kali as the most wanted criminal in the early 1990’s after Wong Swee Chin a.k.a Botak Chin in the 70’s.
His crime was an outstanding 16 murders all over the country until even the police offered RM 100000 for any information leading to the capture of Kalimuthu. Besides the multiple murders, Kalimuthu was also suspected of being involved in many other crimes including injuring policemen’s.
Kalimuthu always leaves his track behind by using the same gun in all his shootings, which was German made 9mm Sig Sauer .Bullet casings found in most of the murders would match that of the same gun.
Kalimuthu first entered the world of crime as early as when he was 14 years old, when he stopped schooling after Form 1. Lacking in education, Kalimuthu joined a Chinese secret society called 04 and started his early crimes including extortions to support his needs.
For some reason, he was caught and jailed when he was 19 but released soon after. Having been jailed did not make Kalimuthu repent, instead 4 years later; he continued his gangland activities by joining another Indian secret society called as 08.
With new gang members, Kalimuthu was once again active challenging the law in many cities including Brickfields, Segambut , Sungei Way and Ampang. He was once again caught in July 1985 under the Emergency Ordinance and was placed in Pulau Jerjak, Pulau Pinang but soon was released once again in 1987. He was transported to Kuantan, Pahang and was not allowed to come out from the state.
Crime being his world, the second chance given upon him was ignored and he started a brand new secret society called 04 which operates mostly in Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur.The activity of Gang 04 includes drug trafficking and gangsterism. He was once again caught for drug related offence but was released because there was not enough evidence to prosecute him.
In 1991, Kalimuthu was on top of his crime madness when he committed multiple murders without mercy until the police had to launch a special operation called Ops Buncit in Jun 1993 to end the damage being done by Kalimuthu. Ops Buncit was a joined operation by more than 200 policemen from Kuala Lumpur, Pahang and Selangor to end the terror being caused by this maniac.
Police classified Kalimuthu of not being a hired killer, instead together with his followers; he commits murder as when and how he likes it. Kalimuthu also had few tattoos in his body and hand. On his body, there was a ‘cross’ symbol and also a phrase “Born to Die”. On his right hand, a tiger head was tattooed, while on his left hand there was an eagle, a naked woman and a snake. On the back of his body, he had another eagle and both of his legs were tattooed with a naked woman. Kalimuthu also had a scar on his stomach as a result of an earlier operation.
In an attempt to capture Kalimuthu, posters of Kalimuthu and his crimes were posted all over Malaysia in public places. A reward of Rm100000 also awaited any information leading to the capture of Kalimuthu. The posters were also distributed to the bordering countries such as Thailand to avoid Kalimuthu escaping to Thailand. The hunt for Kalimuthu was a 24/7 operation, it was a continuous hunt.
Multiple raids was conducted near Kuala Lumpur mainly in Jalan klang Lama,Brickfields, Taman Melawati in Ampang, Balakong and Kajang in Selangor,plus Raub and Bentong in Pahang. The hunt finally paid some dividend when the police was tipped off that Bentong Kali had come out from his hiding to find one of his old mates in Jalan Klang Lama.
By early morning on 29 Jun 1993, police and Special Forces Unit (UTK) had surrounded a 2 storey terrace house in Medan Damansara. Together in the operation was Bomb Squads.
The tense situation then turned into a shooting game between the police force and Kalimuthu with two of his gang members. Kalimuthu, tried to flee the scene but was killed in action, with a head shot wound.
The shootings ended around 6.30 am with all 3 criminals shot dead, ending the episode of the most notorious killer in Malaysia history with 16 kills in his crime sheet.
Profile :
Name : P.Kalimuthu
Nickname : Bentong Kali
Born : 22 Januari 1961
Hometown : Bentong, Pahang.
Family : 8 th children out of 11 siblings
Now, how many of you remember him?
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i knw tiz dude…my parentz hav told bot hm b4 2 me…im 18 nw…so basicly…i ws juz a toddler wen he died…i ws google-ing him the other day….bt cudnt find muc….thnx 4 da in4 durai bro,…nice post…
yup – very little is known abt this guy.. no pics on the internet..
shot dead on my way to school in standard one….
please indians, he is not one of them who we can feel proud of!
I do remember Kalimuthu and all the notorious crimes he did. I heard that he made RM45,000 a day from drugs, and his real given name was K Subramaniam. I heard from a friend that Kalimuthu robbed for the poor. Well sounds like a Tamil movie to me. Watever it is Crimes and criminals will never end. By the way Durai, is that a Smith & Wesson revolver? Kalimuthu’s right hand carried that.
yeah, i remember the late Kalimuthu. Later a Malay magazine published an article about his romance with his last girlfriend, sorry couldn’t remember the title of the magazine but it was a very interesting write up because it gave a contrasting image of him. two sides of a coin i suppose…
i remember i was in skool talking about his death… apparently he was shot near my fren’s grandma’s house… u know la, kids those days… hahaha.. tat boy immediately became a celeb
would be awesome if martin scorsese made a movie about him
Bro..
In bentong heard people around there have high respect for him as helped alots of poor family down there..watever aso crime is crime bro..
Aiyutham edutha athula than savee bro..
RIP Kalimuthu..
Jakkama,
That is not a Smith & Wesson .38 gun.
Smith & Wesson has wooden grips embedded. Bullet chambers are above the trigger which could be pushed to open to reload with 5 or 6 bullets. For more information you can ask John Wayne or watch High Chapparal. Adios! Jai Jakama!
Hilarious indeed . Even I can’t stop laughing looking at your reply bro. Lol. Yes, Jakkama, xcop was correct, the gun is not Smith & Wesson , it’s Sig Sauer, the same gun Kalimuthu used in his killings.
but he done the great job he also kill the road gangsters not the gud people
and he also still alive to us
ahaaa…antha gun modal ke naan John Wayne kitte kedkanumma? K will get his address from Durai
- … By the way thanx alot for the clarification Xcop Uncle…
im sure there is more to kalimuthu than whats being said. something must have happened for him to perform this mass spree killing.if can, investigate more la durai..he is an interesting guy.
even hitler, he had undergone a lot of traumatising events in his life before being was he eventually was.
“terror being caused by this maniac” i’m extremly upset with such statement. At first place you’re not supposed to write this article at all. By that time you’re still kid and not even matured enough to understand what’s going on(usually kids believe whatever they’d been told”. Therefore you’re so called “online” or “offline” information is not 100% true. My arguement doesn’t mean i’m right behind his tails. But the word “maniac”..is totally pathetic to some readers. we wouldn’t knows the true facts till we step into action in finding the facts.
I second that!
I’ve already advised you previously brother, do not tell me what am I supposed to write and what I should not in my blog. I reserve the rights to that.
I don’t understand how you could be passionate in defending an out and out criminal who had murdered 16 people. What do you call a person who killed and was involved in multiple amount of crimes? A saint? You got to be joking me. A maniac was actually a mild description about who he was.
My offline and online sources are reliable, but brother, if you’re interested in proving that he is not a maniac, then I encourage you to do your own research and come up with some backing instead of telling me that I’ve written something without proper knowledge.
By the way, even if I was 30 years old when Kalimuthu was shot dead, I would still call him a freak and maniac, for I would call who killed even one person as a maniac.
STOP defending the criminals.
I’ve already mentioned earlier brother “That doesn’t mean I’m just behind his tail”. I’m not defending any criminal as I’m matured enough to understand what’s REALLY had happened, happening or to be happen and not simply come to conclusion by jump into the river, as I always find my facts before voicing up publicly. Yes I do agree you have every right’s to write in your blog, However as a reader I have my rights at own to voice up my suggestion, same method applicable here. Anyway not further to sensationalize the agenda. Believe the blog’s writer understand the terms and topics thoroughly before spreading it in any blogs. Reader’s or viewers discretion should be concern and to be prioritize.
Masthan : Viewers have their own discretion as well to make sure they write according to facts
You are matured enough to understand what’s gonna happen in future ? 
Cool, you can be a nice fortune-teller 
You are allowed to voice up, yes , but your “voice” in defending a criminal doesn’t have any standings at all! Where’s the proof that backs you up?
Or if you claim to be matured enough like you said you are, you should have brought up the info’s and sources’ to show that this guy is indeed not as what the blogger writes 
I am pretty sure you were a kid as well by the time he was shot dead and the reason for it ?
You don’t seem to be matured enough to understand that this writings are taken from the public and the police perspective , not from the deceased , his family or anyone else that claims to know him better. If there is, bring forward the evidences plz 
Budak kampung tak tau english ke tak tau bahasa?
Anyway understand the sentence or try to comprehend before bombard to anyone. As i’d emphasize many times before, i didnt backup any criminal nor their’s activities. Hope you understand now. Anyway your so called resources “public”. You can’t 100% believe on whats they said. people will said 1000 things, it’s we which need to analyst it between fact and fiction. Police perspective..of course they will said as they’re the law enforcer. They also need proof and evidence before come to conclusion. My arguement here is not them nor you, but the word maniac, which somehow harm my feelings (as a reader)..That doesn’t mean i hail him. crime is a crime. Nothing is being bias in making judgement byself nor prosecution needed in justifying. Am i right? I’m as a reader extremely dissapointed on such statement (Maniac). “this writings are taken from the public and the police perspective , not from the deceased , his family or anyone else that claims to know him better”..believe this facts from online and offline like our blogger said. Really funny 
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Brother Masthan,please state your reasons on why the word ‘maniac’ should not be used to describe Kalimuthu.
Below comes directly from dictionary – meaning for ‘maniac’.
1.a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
2.any intemperate or overly zealous or enthusiastic person: a maniac when it comes to details.
3.A person who acts in a wildly irresponsible ways
I guess ‘maniac’ was perfectly correct to describe Kalimuthu. Please provide your justifications on why the word maniac should not be used.
Sidenote : Budak Kampung Tak Tau English and Masthan – No personal attacks to each other. Only provide valid points where it’s necessary or I’ll just delete it off.
Masthan,,,why does the word maniac bother u?,,,i am perplexed.
You are defending this kalimuthu yet you are not putting any argument for it.
You are going in circles and not putting any solid argument.
Everyone knows who this maniac kalimuthu, why is it touchy for u?
Coolman, now it’s getting more interesting. Anyway back to round one, Can’t understand why must mentioned the word maniac? In first place, who are we to said like that? Now i’m a bit jargon and . If he is like you all said “maniac”..why must mentioned it in public until make others(readers) get annoyed and displease. We are not in the position nor tier to comments others. Like u said it is touchy, indeed to me. There is a reason for everything that had happened. My act also does the same, however i can’t mention it here. And ya FYI I’m still stand on my comments like a concrete. I’m not supporting any criminal or their activities. Somehow someway its affected me. Believe you find your answer on this comment.
Masthan : There’s no answers in your comments so far, instead I find it amusing
Maniac affecting you ? And when asked to explain, you are refraining yourself. Why ?
And I don’t get it again, I didn’t see any other readers who are annoyed or displeased with the word maniac other than you. TrueGemini only want’s the real story to be out, not saying anything judgmental about him nor about the word maniac. And what does it have relation with you ? Gosh….
Look, I ain’t here to bombard you, nor I have the intention to, but its just that I don’t understand your raw facts which needs brushing. If you could polish it further, I and the other readers would be able to read and understand clearly then
We wouldn’t know brother(BKTTE), The fame in your “piece of story” might have a relation with me. Hope my raw facts is enough to satisfied you and other readers. Nothing to sensationalized further.;)
I was 8 when this guy was shot dead.. thanks for the info sharing bro..
I actually agree with masthan..
Try being in Kalimuthu’s shoes. Im sure he must have been an average machan once upon a time;like any of u guys here.
What made him change? Why is he behaving like a maniac like the author here so eloquently put it.
I am by no way supporting his act; it was a crime.
There has to be 2 sides to this story. Try to find out the other side before just jumping into any conclusion.
He has a game of snooker with friends at snooker centre. When an argument broke out, he whips out a gun and shoots. A man dies.
This is eyewitness account of what happen in one of his killing spree.
Try to be in his shoes????? Average machan? @$$@##$@T!#~$%^@#~#$
Do You witness it? Or heard it from so called “recources” of your’s? Now i’m getting perplexed. Do you were there?
Masthan, Kalimuthu didn’t earn the name ‘ Bentong Kali’ for nothing. He was infamous big time gangster hot on police wanted list.
He was not retrospectively given the name and reputation of a criminal after being shot dead.
So try to be rational and please dont ask questions like we are having a ‘court case hearing’.
You are insulting everyone’s intelligence here. I am not going to comment anymore.
THe place of the killing I mentioned earlier is Wilayah complex, KL. And the argument they had was about 1 party being too noisy. GO check up yourself.
Coolman, “You are insulting everyone’s intelligence here” you got be kiddin me!! Can’t took off from my chair laughing while reading this…
No matter what you said here should be true. You’re not even there at all. Now you’re asking me to go and check. GROW UP!!! man..I’m getting annoyed telling the same over and over again. My sincere apologize if i’m not being rational, and you don’t get emotional bro.
Yen da masthan,nee verum masthana illai nakki masthana??
for what maire you keep commenting here if you dont agree with “maniac” word???
Page vanthuma,padicoma,comment pannoma,poikite erukanum!!
athe utte te antha word pudikile intha kottai pudikile ne patti mandram pannere…
After all i can sense you are good in your english and make use of it writing a blog or comment something useful.
Yenda, our tamilan is writing a blog as he wants and after all he wrote about a man who died long time ago and our fellow intention is to share with others.Either you encourage or you give ur critics in proper and concrete way and dont come and tell again antha word seri illai intha word seri ilai ne.Enough telling others to grow up,now you grow up first or you get out frm page!
Anbudan Tamil Tholan.
p/s: Masthan babu, sorry for my outburst.;)
i think Tamil Tholan didn’t got what you’re trying to say,Mastan… forgive him..
Btw,Durai…nice article but as far we all know,we should respect the deceased,rite?
Bro Klange..
I think you misunderstand too..but bro lets leave this matter I do agree with you we should respect the deceased.
At the same time bro Durai is doing his part as blogger and we as guest just left our comment.No harm and arguments personally bro.Shall I hurt anyone I apologize here bro.
Vallga Tamil Vetri Tamilaneke.
Anbudan Tamil Tholan
agreed with the maniac word. well bro durai, i went to arkib negara and found some paper in 1993 and read abt kali kes, was interesting at the same time he like insane killing ppl. anyway nice artikel bro..
Wow, thanks for this article bro. I have always wanted to know more about Kalimuthu and his history. Ningge cekap ar post panitingge.
I beg your pardon Masthan, Budak Kampung tak tau english and brother durai.. but he(kalimuthu) is now a man of the past. not that I am disrespecting him. KANNAL PAARPATHU POI, KAADHAAL KETPADHU POI, MEENDUM THEERA VISAARI.. you guys know what it means right? Lets not judge Kalimuthu, as we do not know what type of person he was. we dont know why he killed 16 people.. maybe as an act of self-protection or just wild, only God knows… I heard from other sources saying that he helped the poor, and here i read that he’s a “maniac”, as put in your terms.. He is gone for many years now, i doubt if he’s bones can even be found.. so there’s no reason fighting over this matter.. peace brothers… let only God judge the criminals.. peace..
Good info bro Durai
I still remember his posters posted all over my housing area with rm100k reward thingy fr those who knows his wherebouts.
Xcusme bros, letme tel ya al sumtin.. As my dad tol me bout “Bentong Kali”, hes a gud guy..coz he helped poor pepels n my dad tellin hes a gud guy coz my dad was his fren last time..mayb its a shock 4 sum readers here…bt tats tru… here in malaysia, v indians must b RICH o GANGSTA..coz oni tat wil help us frm otha races..if not they wil “tazhai’le okkanthe molega arecirevanengge”.. i tink u al indians here can unstan wat i typd.. they wil step on us.. eitha v shud beat them by money o violent… tats my point of view.. i stil support HIM.. if he din do anytin tat time, v wudnt argue here.. so no point of arguin my dear frens.. 4 god’s sake pls dun argue 4 sum1 whos nt here vt us..thx.
regards,
vnOte zerOfOur..
Amen to that brother.
thats the same thing I was told about Bentong Kali.
but there is a correction:
Violence only brings further bloodshed. Money, however, makes us kings.
I would like to stress out to all my tamila makkehz here that, THROUGH UNITY, WE CAN OBTAIN VICTORY. so lets stop bashing each other up (we are tamizhanz, man. we got pride) and start helping each other up in life.
Let only GOD judge Kalimuthu.
Vaazhga Tamizh. ^_^
Yeah he was a gangsta even back then,but he didnt start shooting anyone till he came out of the prison..the first 2 or 3 guys he shot really owed him big amounts..they played him out when he was inside..thats how he started shooting..but after the initial few shootings,seems he got trigger happy.
Another thing is,cops didnt shoot him dead.Yes he and another two guys were surrounded.Kali himself shot them both coz there was no way out,and then shot himself.This story is from a very reliable source who was and is still in the force…and i buy this story..
whatever the truth is,may his soul rest in peace..
yeah…absolutely correct bro.. n bro, u noe wat my dad tolme..HE is nt dead.. coz wen they saw HIS body… al da tattoo is nt ther.. u noe rite how many tattoo he gt on his body..hmmmmmmmmmm…..dis 1 is stil unsolved………….
regards,
vnOte zerOfOur
Legends never die brothaz..
And Brother Durai, pls do not misunderstand, but.. this is the truth.. He was a Hero… and he’s a human, its not wrong for him to make mistakes la bro..
ey, heard he was a looker, was he?
it’s sad that you don’t have a picture of him. 
Relax guys its all done and dusted there is no point arguing on this matter. It is a good post bro durai…please do not argue among us on this matter brothers
Amen to that Brotha.. =)
so many Godfather wannabes blooming la..hahaha..
thx to u durai, many frienships have been forged..lol
I’m afraid you have mistaken us, friend. There are always many opinions to things. especially this. Mr Kalimuthu was a man we never met face to face.. so none of us know who and how he really was. we are not Godfathers.. but normal people.. the common man.. thats all we are… cheers, friend
This topic still going on ar……?
Thamilan endru solleda Thalai Nimirnthu Nadeda….
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Nice article…. Was small a KID that time around… Would like to know more about this…
Hey boys…you all don’t know head or tail but talk as though you all were with him!!Have you all sat in the same table with him? None of you all did! SO just sit back and read the article. He went on shooting spree is to get back his money whereby people played him out. Yet,he did help many people. he had a list of people he targeted. He didnt go out there for fun!There is also more to it but i think this enough for you kids!Ask me who I am?I’m someone who was close to him back then in Old Klang Road!!
Dear Macha’s and Machi’s:-
Im just an average indian dude happen to surf the net and read anything about Kalimuthu when i came across this blogpage.As i was reading thru to get more info on Kalimuthu…wat i got is simply indian mentalist arguing/fighting among each other..Nobody came up with background research on this Kali guy…instead using quotes like he is my dad’s friend, uncles neighbour and stuff like that..Is this what you guys call quality and reliable research? Why are you guys simply arguing over a dead idol/maniac?
Then comes a dude who somehow( i kinda predicted as i was reading along) had to use TAMIL VULGAR words..so typical isn’t it? Is it necessary to use vulgarity? Im imaging a comeback statement from the certain individual saying that ‘hair’ isnt a bad word…come on please…u know it yourself…
In short, all i can say is: The dude was born in a normal family, wrong upbringing/entered the wrong society, killed people in the process (dont trust figures that the PDRM tells you since they can just make it up) and died in 1993. lets leave it as that. If got info e.g. where he use to work before and who was his gf and what is the address of his supposedly shootout residence in Medan Damansara it would be really helpful..
Did you know he use to work in Federal Bakery back in the days?- Source National Library Newspaper Archive department-Malay Mail.Check it out.
Sincerely Yours.
1 Indian.
I have to agree with Anand..
And I apologize if this Topic and my comments has invoked wrath or hatred in anyone in any way….
Sincerely,
S.T.Superman04
Cheers tamilaz…
U R DONE THE GREAT JOB BRO…………………………
HOPE U B BACK…………………
Thanks for the writeup on Kalimuthu. What I knew at that time ( I’m 37 now ) was that he was a drug warlord and all his killings were related to drug dealings gone bad.There were many who cheated him and he targetted them.He did nt simply go on a killing spree killing innocent people but the mistake was the assasination being done in public ( like the shanana pub incident ).
Although he is a notorious gangster , but he have helped many poors by giving them money that he robbed frm the rich ..
we cant blame him for wht he have done , Indians plz respect him coz he’s a indian to …
nobody was born evil to this world. it is the surrounding that turned him into one. on the other note, i still respect him for what he’ve done for the poor society. well i do not support the idea of him killing innocent people but he did killed road gangsters too. well, i’ve heard of him from my mum.
Interesting topic.Some people arguing and supporting for a man who do drug deals n kill peoples for his own satisfaction.The polis did a good job by bringing down this sampah masyarakat for good.I respect Indians who made wonders like Ananda krishnan n Tony Fernandes not for a public nuisance.Helping poor eh come on robbing and giving the robbed money for his member’s family is not consider as helping poor but salary for his members for working with him.
this is awesome article…i was 9 years old when this happened!!!….wonder how he look like?