This sight is located in Pulau Pangkor in Perak, Malaysia. To prepare for a trip there, read about Pangkor Island. For more background about Perak, read Perak. If for budget accommodation? Use the Budget Accommodation Guide to find hostels, guesthouses and inns in Malaysia and elsewhere in the world.
Batu Bersurat (Tiger Rock) is a huge granite boulder that is located close to the Dutch Fort, in Pangkor Island. The etchings on this particular Batu Bersurat - which means inscribed stone - shows the picture of a tiger carrying away a child, two round-shaped leaves, and the letters, "If Carlo 1743" and "VOC" which probably refers to the Dutch East India Company.
The Batu Bersurat or Tiger Rock).
There are several theories as who who did the inscription. According to one, it was the work of soldiers in memory of a Dutch dignitary's son who was snatched by a tiger 1743. One more sinister version of the tale claimed that the Malays and Bugis kidnapped and murdered the boy in revenge of the ill treatment of the the Dutch to the locals. The rock measures about 10.7m long and 4.6m wide and stands at 4.3m tall, and today, there is a pavillion built to shelter it.
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