Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
Ndị Japan wakporo Malaya n'ọnwa Disemba afọ 1941, a tụrụ bọmbụ na Penang. Ka ndị Britain hapụrụ, Manicasothy weghaara ọrụ nke iwelie ọkọlọtọ ọcha na Fort Cornwallis, si otú a na-ekwupụta Penang 'obodo mepere emepe'. Harold Speldewinde na Gopal so ya, onye rịgoro n'elu ọkọlọtọ iji wepụ ọkọlọtọ ahụ. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Ọrụ Penang nke nwere isi ụlọ ọrụ ya na 10 Scott Road. Ọ kpaliri ndị Penang Volunteers, bụ ndị a hapụrụ na ngwa agha, ka ha rụọ ọrụ dịka ndị uwe ojii Volunteer; nke a mejupụtara nke ukwuu nke Eurasian Volunteer Company n'okpuru Captain Willweber na ụlọ ọrụ ndị China. Manicasothy nyere iwu maka ichekwa osikapa, ikpochapụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ, ichebe na inye mmanụ ụgbọala, na ịhazi ndị nche iji chekwaa usoro na igbochi ịpụnara mmadụ ihe. Maka ihe a nile, a bịara mara Manicasothy dị ka nwoke 'zọpụtara' Penang mgbe mbuso agha ndị Japan malitere. A tụrụ ya mkpọrọ n'oge ndị Japan na-achị mba ahụ.