In 1905 it was reported that "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 '𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺.'"

A following report was a bit different: "𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

In the 1930s a new facility to treat leprosy was built in Sungei Buloh in Selangor – and then the old "colony" was phased out.

[1] [2] During World War II, the island was where Freddie Spencer Chapman made his submarine getaway during the Japanese occupation of Malaya.