| Conflict: | Penang Ambush |
| Partof: | Malayan Emergency |
| Date: | 22 January 1950 |
| Place: | Sungei Panap, Malaya |
| Result: | Communist victory |
| Combatant1: |  United Kingdom |
| Combatant2: | Malayan Communist Party |
| Commander1: | Unknown |
| Commander2: | Unknown |
| Strength1: | unknown |
| Strength2: | unknown |
| Casualties1: | 8 killed 6 wounded Total: 14 casualties |
| Casualties2: | 1 wounded |
The Penang ambush was an incident that took place during the Malayan Emergency. Communists ambushed Malayan and British police and killed eight of them, including a British police sergeant.[1]