'Malacca Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteers Monument', Malay: Tugu Pahlawan-pahlawan Melaka untuk Mangsa-mangsa Cina akibat menentang penjajahan Jepun, lit.

It was built to commemorate the Chinese victims of the Japanese occupation of Malacca as part of the British Straits Settlements during World War II and was unveiled officially by the then high commissioner, Sir Edward Gent in 1948.

[1] The monument is inscribed with four Chinese characters, "忠貞足式" (pinyin: Zhōng Zhēn Zú Shì) in Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting, which means "their (those who have fought against the Japanese) loyalty can be taken as an exemplar".

To commend them, the surviving expatriates interred the corpses in Bukit Cina, erected a monument, and recorded the event on a plaque.

Burying a few hundred people alive in a well and throwing babies are but two of the many awesome methods adopted.After the surrender of the Japanese, the remains of their victims were collected from various known places by the Chinese residents and collectively buried at the foot on this Bukit China hill.This monument erected in memory of their unfortunate and heroic deads was unveiled officially by his Excellency Sir Edward Gent Then High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya.On the 5th day of April 1948