Melaka Warrior Monument, officially the Melaka Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims of Anti-Japanese occupation ( zh, c=马六甲华人抗日义士纪念碑, p=Mǎliùjiǎ huárén kàngrì yìshì jìniànbēi, l=Malacca Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteers Monument, ms, Tugu Pahlawan-pahlawan Melaka untuk Mangsa-mangsa Cina akibat menentang penjajahan Jepun, lit=Malacca Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims as a result of opposing Japanese colonisation) is a
monument at
Bukit Cina in
Malacca City, Malacca
Malacca City ( ms, Bandaraya Melaka or ') is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Malacca. As of 2019 it has a population of 579,000.https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/uploads/files/6_Newsletter/Newsletter%202020/DOSM_DOSM_MELAKA_1_2020_Siri-81.p ...
, Malaysia. It was built to commemorate the Chinese victims of the
Empire of Japan occupation of Malacca as part of British
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...
during
World War II and was unveiled officially by then high commissioner, Sir
Edward Gent in 1948. The first known major renovation for the monument was in 1972.
The monument is inscribed with four
Chinese characters, "忠貞足式" (
pinyin: ''Zhōng Zhēn Zú Shì'') in
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...
's handwriting, which means "their (those who have fought against the Japanese) loyalty can be taken as an exemplar".
Epitaph
The epitaph is written in
Classical Chinese and is translated as below:
Commemorative tablet
A tablet commemorating the unveiling of the monument reads:
See also
*
List of tourist attractions in Malacca
References
1948 establishments in Malaya
Buildings and structures in Malacca City
Monuments and memorials in Malaysia
Chinese cemeteries
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