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Kota Kinabalu: Pengorbanan sekumpulan orang dari segenap lapisan masyarakat yang menyertai pasukan Gerila Kinabalu dalam mempertahankan komuniti mereka dikenang setiap tahun melalui upacara memperingati yang diadakan di tapak di mana hukuman mati dilaksanakan di Petagas, pada 21 Januari setiap tahun, sejak 1946.
Upacara peringatan itu diadakan kali pertama pada 20 Januari 1946 oleh jawatankuasa China Jesselton selepas orang ramai menyedari wujud keperluan untuk menjaga mangsa perang dan keluarga mereka.
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