 This culminated in the Penang Riots of 1867 in the streets of George Town, when the "Kean Teik Tong", led by Khoo Thean Teik and the Red Flag, clashed against the alliance of the "Ghee Hin Kongsi" and the White Flag.The resulting civil unrest lasted for 10 days, before the turf war was eventually quelled by the Straits Settlements authorities under newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor Edward Anson, who were assisted by European residents and reinforcements from Singapore.Also in the same year, the Straits Settlements was made a British crown colony, thereby placing the administration of Penang, Singapore and Malacca directly under the Colonial Office in London.