Bagan Serai folk remember Japanese woman during Qing Ming


Finally found: Yuki’s grave which Khong repainted after discovering it at the Chinese cemetery in Simpang Ampat Semanggol, Perak.

IPOH: Every year during the Qing Ming festival, local residents along Simpang Ampat Semanggol would pay tribute to a Japanese woman known to have helped many people during World War II.

The woman, Yuki Yamasaki died on Sept 5, 1951, and was buried by local leaders at the Chinese cemetery along Jalan Kerian, Simpang Ampat Semanggol, reported mySinchew, the English portal of Sin Chew Daily.

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