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It was at Bukit Batu Maung, on the southern part of Pulau Pinang that
the battle against the invading Japanese army was lost. In the 1930, a
formidable fortress was built by the British army atop Bukit Maung, to
protect the island against the enemy. Manned by not only British
soldiers, but also Malay and Sikh soldiers, Bukit Maung fell during an
attack in which the Japanese army approached from inland, rather than
from sea, as was expected by the British army.
From that day onwards, the fortress at Bukit Maung transformed into a Japanese army base with a dark history, filled with narrations of how prisoners were tortured for information to help forward the advancement of the Japanese army into Malaya. As a result, Bukit Maung, in the years following the fall of the Japanese army in 1945, the locals in the area kept well away of Bukit Maung for fear of its reputation as a place of hauntings by ghosts of dead soldiers.
From that day onwards, the fortress at Bukit Maung transformed into a Japanese army base with a dark history, filled with narrations of how prisoners were tortured for information to help forward the advancement of the Japanese army into Malaya. As a result, Bukit Maung, in the years following the fall of the Japanese army in 1945, the locals in the area kept well away of Bukit Maung for fear of its reputation as a place of hauntings by ghosts of dead soldiers.
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