Cika wannan jumla:
Harin Japan na Malaya a watan Disamba na 1941, an jefa bama-bamai a kan Penang. Kamar yadda 'yan Burtaniya suka yi fice, Manicasothy ya dauki nauyin ɗaga tutar farin a Fort Cornwallis, don haka ya ayyana Penang a matsayin' birni mai budewa '. Ya kasance tare da Harold Speldewinde da Gopal, waɗanda suka hau kan tutar don saukar da tutar. Ya zama shugaban Kwamitin Sabis na Penang wanda ke da hedkwatarsa a 10 Scott Road. Ya matsa wa Penang Volunteers, waɗanda aka bari a baya tare da makamai, a cikin sabis don yin aiki a matsayin 'Yan Sanda na' Yan Sanda; wannan ya ƙunshi yawancin Kamfanin 'Yan Sanda na Eurasian karkashin Kyaftin Willweber da Kamfanin China. Manicasothy ya ba da umarni don adana shinkafa, kawar da matattu, karewa da bayar da man fetur, da kuma samar da masu gadi don kiyaye tsari da hana fashi. Duk wannan, Manicasothy ya zama sananne a matsayin mutumin da ya 'ceto' Penang a farkon mamayewar Jafananci. An tsare shi a lokacin mamayar Japan.