A Story of Ms Aen Yamazaki, Keningau, North Borneo

By Kumis Kumis

A story during the Second World War in Sabah, North Borneo of a Japanese accounts, a local perspective, from the eye of a local woman named Aen @ Yamazaki Aen, who first worked as a housekeeper for a Japanese Civilian Administrator, Yamazaki Kenji, (the famed Apin Apin, Keningau, Straight Road) the Japanese Prefecture Governor of Keningau and later became his wife.

"Most of the existing writings on the war in Sabah, North Borneo are either based on local accounts or an official record collected by the Allied forces, especially the British and Australian. Thus, in many ways, the accounts presented tend to have quite a similar perspective, especially with regards to some significant events such as Kinabalu Guerrillas and the Jesselton Uprising of October 1943." (Prof. Danny Wong)