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ronchan wrote:No 74 Main Road Papan
It was from this building that Sybil Kathigasu and her Ceylonese doctor husband, Dr AC Kathigasu, ran a clinic during the Japanese Occupation. They gave medical aid to the Malayan People Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and Force 136 operatives, who were hiding in the hills of Papan.
Sybil was arrested and tortured by the Japanese, and eventually died from the wounds she suffered as a prisoner of war. Sybil, a Eurasian, was the only Malayan woman ever awarded the George Medal for bravery.
No 74 still stands and is now converted into a museum dedicated to Sybil and maintained by the Perak Heritage Society.
http://www.bt.com.bn/en/features/2007/0 ... y_memories
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