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Kamunting
is the biggest satellite town in Taiping's Larut,
Matang dan Selama district, Perak, Malaysia. It
is also the biggest industrial town in Taiping and is famous mainly for
being home to the Kamunting Detention Center a prison camp for detainees
under the Internal Security Act, many of whom are held without trial for
an indefinite period.
During the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1960, Kamunting was the site
of a major British/Commonwealth military base, there being a large
garrison for the 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade and also
one of the three British Military Hospitals (BMHs) in Malaya. Between
Taiping and Kamunting is one of the main
Military Cemeteries in Malaya. Over the many years of the conflict against
the Communist terrorists, thousands of British, Australian, New Zealand,
Fijian and Gurkha troops lived - and died - in and around Kamunting and
Taiping.
Kamunting houses the main bus station (Kamunting Raya) for
Taiping town. Soon the
Taiping train station will relocate there too. It has a weekly night
market every Saturday night near the bus station that sells all sorts of
local fresh produce and food stuffs. There are also fruit sellers along
the road leading to the Kamunting bus stops which sell seasonal fruits
like durian and mangosteens. It also connects
Taiping to the North-South Expressway via the northern exit.
Major tourist spot is Bukit Jana, which has a waterfall and streams off
the range of Bukit Larut. The Bukit Jana Golf & Country Club is also
situated nearby. Plans for Taiping sports
centre, which includes a 15000 seats stadium, indoor venues and extreme
sports site, are still under consideration.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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