During the Japanese Occupation of North Borneo in 1942, Yamazaki Kenji, the Japanese Prefecture Governor in Keningau the Interior Residency under West Coast Governorates of Seikei Shiu, wish to win the heart and mind of a North Borneo people by focusing on the infrastructure developments and making a documentary films of the sacred Mount Kinabalu.
One of Yamazaki Kenji most memorable contributions as mentioned in the Memoirs of Yamazaki Aen, Minami Jujiseiwa Itsuwarazu [ The Southern Cross Never Deceives] (Tokyo: Hokushindo 1952) was the construction of a 14 miles uniquely amazing "Straight Road" from Keningau to Apin Apin including a bridge at Liawan River, to represent their straightforward feelings when running the administration and aspire the peoples to see straight to the wonderful future.
From Keningau roundabout to Apin Apin Junction about 18km with EG only 108m.
This is the longest straight road in Malaysia.
