Friday, June 26, 2015

Memorial mangsa Jepun (Memorial for Japanese victims), Mandor



Selesai urusan di Ngabang dan sekitarnya kami pun menuju kembali ke Pontianak. Sampai di tempat bernama Mandor kami singgah masuk ke satu kawasan...
Upon settling our businesses in Ngabang and its surroundings we then headed back to Pontianak. Upon reaching a place called Mandor we stopped by at an area...








Ia adalah memorial untuk mengenang mangsa tragedi berdarah Mandor.
It is a memorial to remember victims of the Mandor bloody tragedy.





Tragedi ini berlaku semasa pendudukan Jepun 1942-1945.
The tragedy happened during the Japanese occupation 1942-1945.


Untuk mengekang perlawanan rakyat tempatan terhadapnya, Jepun telah menangkap lebih 21,000 pemikir, golongan bangsawan, kerabat diraja dan sebagainya lalu membunuh mereka 1943-1944.
To quell resistance of the local inhabitants against them, the Japanese have arrested more than 21,000 thinkers, members of nobility, royalties and such and killed them 1943-1944.








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