15th Feb 1942

15th Febuary 1942,
Singapore under the British Empire surrendered unconditionally to the Empire of Japan.

3 years 8 months of unspeakable sufferings follows.

Will such things ever happen again?

In 1942.. couples celebrated V day just to get bombed the next day.

Some interesting things to note, would be;

The Japanese military authorities defined the following as "undesirables":

Persons who had been active in the China Relief Fund.

Rich men who had given most generously to the Relief Fund.

Adherents of Tan Kah Kee, leader of the Nanyang National Salvation Movement.

Hainanese, who were believed to be communists.

China-born Chinese who came to Malaya after the 1937 Sino-Japanese War.

Men with tattoo marks, who were believed to be members of secret societies, specifically Triads.

Persons who fought for the British as volunteers against the Japanese.

Government servants and men who were likely to have pro-British sympathies, such as Justices of the Peace, and members of the Legislative Council.

Persons who possessed arms and tried to disturb public safety.

The Japanese Army chose remote sites such as Changi, Punggol, Blakang Mati and Bedok to perform the executions, with the victims thrown overboard off boats, killed with a bayonet or be machine-gunned to death off the harbour.

My people was once a undesirables of the Japanese. Such heroes we were