Petagas War Memorial

For those who love to learn a little bit on Sabah's history, Petagas War Memorial is a good place to start with. 

Petagas War Memorial is located in Putatan, just opposite the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA). 

This historical place was built as a remembrance for those who have perished in war against the Japanese Army.  

The entrance.

It was all started with the Imperial Japanese invasion during the WWII where they have captured British North Borneo (now known as Sabah) in early 1942. The local resistance movement known as Kinabalu Guerrillas, led by Albert Kwok was trying to defense and struggle for freedom of the people. However, due to some incident and unfortunate series, the rebellion has brought to an end and later the Japanese army executed the guerrillas men. 

Rest assured as I'm not going to lecture the whole page about history XD but if you're interested to know more about the event, you can do some research and read some book about the history. 

Well, part of the story is written in the historical monument for public information. 

Right after you enter the garden, you can see a separate pathway that will brought you to the monument construction history.

The monument that tells you the constructional history of this place.

I could feel serenity as I'm entering this place. It looks like garden; with the flower and green scenery. 

This is the monument. 

I wonder if this is where the management put 'their remaining' 

I just love the surroundings.

I can see that the management authority has done a good job maintaining this place. The grass lawn is well-maintained and the flowers/other plant is eye-refreshing. Unfortunately, this place somehow looks isolated and there's not much visitors to this place. 

Thanks for reading.