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zistory! Chapter6:WhatDidthePeopleinSingaporeExperienceDuringtheJapaneseOccupation? KeyKnowledge ● Repressionandresistance● Economichardshipsandresilience Bytheendofthischapter, I can… ● Describepeople'sexperiencesduringtheJapaneseOccupation. HowdidtheJapaneseattempttoforcefullysecurepowerinSingapore?1.MetingoutharshpunishmentsThroughouttheJapaneseOccupation,harshpunishmentswereimposedoncriminalsandotherpeopleseenbytheJapaneseastheirenemies.Forexample,toputanendtothelootingthathappenedjustaftertheBritishsurrender,theJapaneseexecutedthosewhowerecaughtlooting.TheheadsweredisplayedpubliclyinplacessuchastheopenareaoutsidetheCathayBuilding,andonbridgesacrosstheSingaporeRiver. SuchharshpunishmentscreatedfearandservedasseverewarningstothepeopleaboutthepotentialconsequencesofgoingagainsttheJapanese.ThismadepeopleconformtoJapaneserule,thusincreasingtheJapanese’sgripoverSingapore. 2.ImprisoningalliedsoldiersWhentheJapanesetookcontroloftheisland,theyhadplanstodealwiththeAlliedtroopsandthepeopleinSingapore.OneofthefirstthingsthattheJapanesedidwastoimprisontheBritish,AustraliansandAlliedEuropeansinSingapore,includingwomenandchildren.TheAlliedprisonersofwarwereforcedtomarchinpublicfromBukitTimahRoadtoChangiPrisonandthebarracksnearby,wheretheywouldbeimprisoned.ThiswouldgreatlyreducethechanceofthealliedsoldiersresistingtheJapaneseruleofSingapore,hencereducingthethreatofamilitaryuprisingagainsttheJapanesegovernment.ThisfurtherconsolidatedJapanesepowerinSingapore. 2Telegram: https://t.me/zivstoryNot for further saleandcirculation.

zistory! 3.CarryingoutOperationSookChingSoonaftertakingcontrolofSingapore,theJapaneseforcescarriedoutOperationSookChingwhichaimedtoidentifyandeliminateanti-Japaneseelementsamongthelocalpopulation.ItwasabrutalpurgeofmembersoftheChinesecommunitywhoweresuspectedofbeinganti-Japanese.TheKempeitaiwasplacedinchargeofthisoperation.TheChinesepopulationwastargetedastheywereviewedbytheJapaneseasapotentialsourceofoppositionandthreattotheirrule.ThiswasbecausewhentheJapaneseinvadedChinain1937,theyfacedstrongresistancefromtheChinese,includingChinesecommunitieslivingoutsideChina.Forinstance,theChinesecommunityinSingaporecalledforaboycottofJapanesegoodsandcontributedfundstoChina’seffortsagainstJapan.SomeevenreturnedtoChinatojoininthefightagainsttheJapanese.InOperationSookChing,allChinesemenaged18to50weretoreporttomassscreeningcentrestobeexaminedbytheJapanese.TheChinesemenwentbeforeaJapaneseofficerwhosatatatableinaheavilyguardedbarbedwireenclosure.Informantswouldidentifypeoplewhoweresuspectedtobeanti-JapaneseandpassontheinformationtotheKempeitai.TheinformantswouldfindpeopleinsecretsocietiesorformerChinesecivilservantsandjournalistsmoresuspicioustoberesistanttotheJapanese.Thosenotidentifiedasanti-JapanesewereallowedtogohomewhereasthosewhodidnotpassthescreeningweretransportedtobeachesinPunggolandChangitogetexecuted.ThismadethelocalsfearfuloftheJapanese