Friday, 17 September 2010

Memorial structure, UUM

In University Utara Malaysia has a memorial structure Tugu Peringatan Sintok is situated at Padang Kawad (which is near to University Health Centre).

As a memorial to the sacrifice by the security forces, a memorial structure was built in that UUM campus. A list of names of the members of the security forces that was killed by the communists was placed at this memorial structure. (From Wiki)

Memorial structure, UUM

Memorial structure, UUM

Tugu Peingatan Sintok
History about Tugu Peringatan Sintok at this link (Bahasa Malaysia version):
Naib Canselor UUM ketika itu, Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Othman Yeop Abdullah (kini Pengerusi Eksekutif Perbadanan Pembangunan Multimedia (MDC) telah mengarahkan dibina sebuah tugu yang dikenali sebagai Tugu Peringatan Sintok yang dirasmikan oleh Tuanku Sultan Kedah pada 21 April 1992.