Title
Witness statement concerning ‘sook ching’ massacre
Year/Period
3 June 1946
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: L34.1 x W21.8cm
Accession No.
1995-02559-021
Collection of
NLB Type
Document
This statement was made by a Chinese police detective who was employed by the Japanese at the Jalan Besar detention centre as an interpreter and to “point out bad hats” during the ‘sook ching’ operation. Chinese males who were identified as troublemakers were usually rounded up for execution. Such documents capture the role some Chinese played as collaborators during the Japanese Occupation.
