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Friday, March 14, 2008

Fort Ngah Ibrahim

Fort Ngah Ibrahim located in Matang near Taiping, is a place worthy of a visit if you are in town. It has recently completed renovation and the exhibits given a new lease of life, being off the normal tourist trail it's existence is not known to many.




The discovery of tin ......

Inside the fort .....

The Larut Wars -
Ngah Ibrahim's room -


Court in session -
The actual room used for detention in the fort -
The fort during the Japanese occupation -


British Instruments used during the era -

Excavation work carried out -
The man himself -

In the year 2007, Ngah Ibrahim's remains was finally returned from it's long exile in Singapore and laid to rest in his very own fort.

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