<000086#The defeated defence force was herded together to await judgment by their conqueror.*<001034 National Archives of Singapore<002000<003085#Chinese men, women and children were also herded together by the Japanese troops to <004019#await their fate.*<005082 Attiwill, Kenneth, 1959, The Singapore Story, London: Frederick Muller Limited<006000<007089#Summary justice was arbitrarily meted out to innocent Chinese who were accused of being <008082#part of the anti-Japanese resistance. These people often paid with their lives. <009053 Ronald Searle, courtesy of the Tessa Sayle Agency<010000<011085#Other Chinese were lucky and merely beaten. Here, two Chinese women are beaten for <012042#having sold fruits to British prisoners. <013053 Ronald Searle, courtesy of the Tessa Sayle Agency<014000<015046#Mass-screening centre at Upper Cross Street. <016091 Tan Yeok Seong, 1947, The Extortion by Japanese Military Administration of $50,000,000 <017061from the Chinese in Malaya, Singapore: Nanyang Book Co., Ltd.<018000<019093#For the unfortunate ones who were "identified", their fate was often death. This group was <020091#massacred en masse in remote areas such as Changi and Punggol. At the War Crime Trial in <021095#1947, the Japanese defendants admitted to killing some 5,000 Chinese civilians. The figures <022047#quoted by local sources are closer to 50,000. <023034 National Archives of Singapore<024000<025092#The Kempeitai or the military police was the new law enforcer of Syonan-to. The mention of <026094#the word "kempeitai" struck fear in the hearts of the locals during the Japanese Occupation. <027034 National Archives of Singapore<028000<029094#Artist Ma Jing's watercolor painting depicting the mass-screening (sook ching) at New Bridge <030007#Road.*<031028 Singapore History Museum<032000<033067#The YMCA at Stamford Road was the Kempeitai East District Branch. <034034 National Archives of Singapore<035000<036064#The Central Police Station was under another Kempeitai branch. <037034 National Archives of Singapore<038000<039080#The Kempeitai West District Branch was in a private residence in Smith Street. <040034 National Archives of Singapore<041000<042045#The mass-screening centre at Tanjong Pagar.*<043091 Tan Yeok Seong, 1947, The Extortion by Japanese Military Administration of $50,000,000 <044061from the Chinese in Malaya, Singapore: Nanyang Book Co., Ltd.<045000<046045#Mass-screening centre at North Bridge Road. <047091 Tan Yeok Seong, 1947, The Extortion by Japanese Military Administration of $50,000,000 <048061from the Chinese in Malaya, Singapore: Nanyang Book Co., Ltd.<049000<050096#Various tools of intimidation were employed at the mass-screening centres. In this picture, a <051061#tank had a machine gun trained on the quarrantined Chinese.*<052091 Tan Yeok Seong, 1947, The Extortion by Japanese Military Administration of $50,000,000 <053061from the Chinese in Malaya, Singapore: Nanyang Book Co., Ltd.<054000<055095#"Jian" (examined) was stamped on any article, such as a Certificate of Registration as above. <056074 Chua Peng Liang Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore<057000<058076#The Japanese officers did not adopt any standard procedure when conducting <059091#mass-screenings. The more fortunate ones escaped with a "jian" (examined) chop on pieces <060044#of paper, clothing or parts of their body.*<061071 Chu Chiu Lam Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore<062000<063080#A close-up of the chop that meant a life saved, and escape from the horrendous <064017#mass-screening.*<065034 National Archives of Singapore<066000<067089#Identification of anti-Japanese elements was left entirely in the hands of the Japanese <068084#officers in command at mass-screening centres. Hooded informers were used in some <069061#centres to identify those suspected of being anti-Japanese.*<070060 Si Ma Chun Ying, Bitter Memories, 1994: Mr Chen XingTing<071000
