Abandoned buildings of Malaysia
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Day in court
Visit date : 2014
Year of build : Pre-war
Current status : Abandoned
 

In the middle of a town sits this fascinating building left completely cloistered from the outside world behind high walls. Decades ago this building was a courthouse but now the structure has sat derelict for years.

Refreshingly this location hadn't been ransacked through by thieves or vandals. Much of the original furniture still sat within the old building, including period British made strong safes from the 1920’s.

As usual with these old structures, the roof had developed leaks allowing rain water to slowly rot away the interior. Old filing cabinets and cupboards now sat at awkward angles on rotten floor boards ready to topple over at the slightest movement.

During my expore here, the occasional roar of a motorcycle and the raised voices of passersby over the main wall kept me on my toes as I went about my work. I shuffled through the mounds of seeds left by bats on the floor and even startled a cat sleeping in one of the courthouses regulation issue chairs. The afternoon air was hot and humid but I was enjoying every second of it. This was my kind of day in court.

 
 
 









 
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