Pagoh

Pagoh is a town in Muar District in the state of Johor, Malaysia, about 25 km from Muar along the Muar-Labis trunk road (Johor State Route J32) and reachable from the Pagoh interchange, exit 238, of the North-South Expressway. Federal institutions in the town include the National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) and a National Service camp. During the Malayan Emergency British and Commonwealth forces publicly displayed the bodies of communist guerrillas in Pagoh. The secondary school SMK Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah I is named after the Sultan of Malacca who died in Pagoh, and his tomb stands with the Kampung Raja Mosque. The Pagoh Educational Hub in Bandar Universiti Pagoh, whose first phase was launched in September 2011, is described as the largest public higher education hub area in Malaysia and houses branch campuses of the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia.