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Japanese Memorial Cenotaph in Alor Setar Malaysia
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Japanese War Memorial in Alor Setar

Malaysia

By Contested Histories Initiative •

Ongoing Colonialism Racism Removal 446

In 1941, Japan occupied Malaysia in the context of World War II. That same year, they built a stone monument in Alor Setar to honour three Japanese soldiers who were killed while securing the city’s bridge to cut off Allied troops. The restoration of the memorial in 2019, officiated by… Read More