The Electric New Paper's	THEY lived in squalid conditions, were constantly beaten, and were not given medical treatment. Almost all those imprisoned during the Japanese Occupation had ulcers on their hands, arms and legs, recalled Singaporean PoW survivor Charles Simon. He had worked on the infamous Death Railway. "Unless treated, the ulcers could grow until they bit into bones. I knew some people had to have their hands, legs and arms amputated because there was no treatment given to them." Click for full story. Ordinary civilians also lived in constant fear of the Kempeitai (the Japanese Military Police) who had full powers over them. Till this day, I do not understand why the Japanese had to bayonet them...they could have just shot them Click for Mr. Borhan Muslim's war experience The Japanese disliked the Chinese especially, because the latter had supported China during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937. Just three days after the Japanese invasion, they carried out Operation 'Sook Ching', a mass killing of the Chinese. Things were all the more shocking because the people never expected Singapore to fall to the Japanese. Newspapers of the day generally painted a bright picture even in the days just before Japan invaded Singapore on Feb 15, 1942. One general was largely responsible for Japanese victory in Malaya. Who is he? Clue: He was known as the 'Tiger of Malaya' Join the hunt for Yamashita's gold Click here to play   Get a flavour of pre-war Singapore by playing this game. GO!   Moses' start page Chee Beng's start page Leslie's start page   Copyright © 1998 Singapore Press Holdings. All Rights Reserved.	The war years When the war broke out, my father was 15 years old. He didn't know if he was going to live or die
A timeline of events Major events of this period		They say between 25,000 to 50,000 people died. Many were innocent. Feb 14, 1942
Windows to the past		This beach was the Japs' killing field