# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bentong-kali
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:31:07.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bentong-kali"
name: "Bentong Kali"
slug: "bentong-kali"
description: "Kalimuthu s/o Pakirisamy Thevar or P. Kalimuthu, known professionally as Bentong Kali, was a Malaysian criminal and gangster, who gained a national attention in the 1990s. He was implicated in 17 different murders, and terrorized the capital Kuala Lumpur through violence, extortion and heroin smuggling. He also made headlines when he challenged the police to arrest him. He was finally gunned down by Royal Malaysia Police's Special Actions Unit from Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur."
tagline: "Malaysian criminal and gangster"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1961-01-22"
deathDate: "1993-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             1.048076923076923
  historical:           5.508030666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Kalimuthu"
    title: "P. Kalimuthu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentong_Kali"
    title: "Bentong Kali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentong_Kali"
    title: "Bentong Kali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Kalimuthu"
    title: "P. Kalimuthu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Kalimuthu"
    title: "P. Kalimuthu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentong_Kali"
    title: "Bentong Kali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17490366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump