Native Name: | Pulau Pangkor Laut Malay: {{Script|Arab|ﭬولاو ﭬڠكور لا{{Jawi-HamzaThreeQuarter |
Location: | Strait of Malacca |
Area Km2: | 1.4 |
Country: | Malaysia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Manjung |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Mukim |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Lumut |
Postal Code: | 32300 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Pangkor Laut Island is a small island southwest of Pangkor Island, Perak, Malaysia.
The idea to place a leper settlement on Pangkor Laut was first proposed in 1893. Within a decade, from Perak and across the country, Malays with leprosy (sakit kusta) were being sent there. In 1905 it was reported that ", . ' .'" A following report was a bit different: ", . [] [], ."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.[3] Luciano Pavarotti visited the island in 1994 and he declared the island a paradise.[4] In 2002 Pavarotti officiated the opening of Spa Village, a spa facility attached to the Pangkor Laut Resort, with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the event .[5]