Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Kupinda kweJapan muMalaya muna December 1941, mabhomba akadonhedzwa paPenang. Sezvo vaBritain vakanga vabva, Manicasothy akatora mutoro wokusimudza mureza muchena paFort Cornwallis, nokudaro achizivisa Penang se'guta rakazaruka'. Akaperekedzwa naHarold Speldewinde naGopal, avo vakakwira padanda kuti vabvise mureza. Akava sachigaro wePenang Service Committee iyo yakanga ine dzimbahwe rayo pa10 Scott Road. Akamanikidza maPenang Volunteers, avo vakanga vasara nezvombo, kuti vashande seMapurisa eVanozvipira; izvi zvaiumbwa zvikuru neEurasian Volunteer Company pasi paCaptain Willweber neChinese Company. Manicasothy akapa mirayiridzo yokuponesa mupunga, kubvisa vakafa, kuchengetedza uye kugovera peturu, uye kuumba varindi kuti vachengetedze nhevedzano uye kudzivisa kupamba. Nokuda kweizvi zvose, Manicasothy akazivikanwa somurume 'akaponesa' Penang pakatanga kupindirwa neJapan. Akaiswa mutorongo mukati mokugara kwechiJapan.