Bangkuai paying his respects to the fallen at the Sandakan Memorial Park.
KOTA KINABALU: To the many family members of Australian and British allied servicemen, Sandakan will always be a place that holds both tragedy and great sacrifice.
The Sabah East Coast district was the site where more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians perished during World War II, particularly in the infamous Sandakan prisoner of war (POW) camp.
