New monument at Pending Point to mark Sarawak's liberation from Japanese occupation during WWII


KUCHING: A new monument has been unveiled at Pending Point here, commemorating Sarawak's liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II 80 years ago.

The stone and steel monument was put up by the Kuching South City Council at the site where Brigadier-General Thomas Eastick accepted the surrender of Japanese General Hiyoe Yamamura aboard the Australian naval vessel HMAS Kapunda on Sept 11, 1945.

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