<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IPenang yabekwa ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwezempi kwaze kwaba ngo-1946, njengoba abaseBrithani babefuna ukubuyisela ukuhleleka lapho bebhekene nokuvukela kwamaKhomanisi okwakusanda kuvela  <response>: . futhi. AmaBrithani aphinde ahlakaza i-Straits Settlements ngo-Ephreli 1946, uSir Shenton Thomas waba nguMbusi wayo wokugcina; iPenang neMalacca kwabe sekuhlanganiswa neFederated Malay States kanye ne-Unfederated Malay States ukwakha i-Malayan Union iColony entsha yaseSingapore, engafakwanga kulo mhlangano, kwakufanele ihlale ngaphansi kokubusa kweBrithani. Inyunyana yaseMalaya yathathelwa indawo yiFederation of Malaya ngo-1948. Njengoba ukuhoxa kancane kancane kwemibuso yamakoloni aseNtshonalanga eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia kwakuqhubeka, ukuzimela kweMalaya njengenhlangano yezombangazwe ebumbene kwakubonakala kuyinto engenakwenzeka. 