Menara AIA (Kuala Lumpur)

Malaysia / Kuala Lumpur / Kuala Lumpur / Jalan Ampang, 99
 insurance company, office building
Address:
Menara AIA
No. 99, Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Website: www.aia.com.my/

Built in the 1970s and completely refurbished in the year 2000. This 30-storey office building serves as the headquarters of American International Assurance Bhd. The company began operations in the country in 1948. It is a member of the AIA Group, the leading life insurance company in Asia.

In August 1975, a Japanese terrorist organization called 'The Red Army', took 53 hostages in this building. During that time, the building houses several foreign embassies. The hostages included the US consul and the Swedish chargé d'affaires. The gunmen won the release of five imprisoned comrades and flew with them to Libya.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_International_Group
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Coordinates:   3°9'7"N   101°42'0"E

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  • This building was officially opened by then Deputy Prime Minister YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2000.
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