amnesty offer to secret society gangsters
Saturday, 17th October 1959
The Singapore Government announced a general amnesty offer to all Singapore secret society gangsters, giving them a chance to decide within 16 days to reform or be wiped out. The offer held good for around a fortnight. After that, a relentless campaign would be launched by the police, who had been given more powers under the new “beat the gang” laws recently passed by the Legislative Assembly.