been exported overseas as maids to work before being forced into prostitution activities. Those who buried in the cemetery are with their feet pointing towards the direction of Japan as a posture or gesture that condemns their ancestral home that abandoned them or exhorted them to support their country war efforts which is considered as an ultimate insult. See also Sandakan No. 8 References Further reading External links Cemeteries in Malaysia Monuments and memorials in Sabah World War II memorials