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In the end, the Kempeitai used the Cathay building as a way to spread propaganda, even threatening and humiliating the Chinese for being suspected to go against them as shown by "Occasional film screenings were held for the public, and these films were from existing stock in the storerooms. " This explains how the Kempeitai spread propaganda showing that they were hospitable.  "Outside the building, there were human heads stuck on poles; these were beheaded looters and other victims of the Japanese military."  This also humiliated and warned the Chinese about how they would be killed if found to be anti-japanese.]]> 2021-08-26 06:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1697974658 nar_kang_ming https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1698025475 Shortly after the fall of Singapore to the invading Japanese during the Second World War, western civilians were rounded up and interned at Changi Prison. Though only equipped with a capacity for 600 prisoners, the jail had about 2,800 civilian internees by August 1945 and this figure continued to grow over the span of the occupation. In 1945, there were about 4,500 civilian internees, although this group were interned at Sime Road Camp by then. 

In May 1944, all the POWs from the various POW camps in Changi were moved into Changi Prison, while the civilian internees were transferred to Sime Road Camp. The move also included the Roman Catholic chapel that had been built at the Sime Road Camp. Altogether, there were about 12,000 POWs packed into the prison complex after the relocation. Conditions for the POWs there were worse than what they were used to in the barracks because of overcrowding in the prison as well as a more authoritarian style of administration by the Japanese.

Other than that, many cruel interrogations were also held at the Changi Prison, using torture such as waterboarding, electrocution or humiliation to get the POWs to confess.]]> 2021-08-26 07:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1698025475 anjali_curic https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1700536737 Sentosa, formerly known as Pulau Belekang Mati is a place of great history. It is home to multiple British forts such as Fort Siloso and Fort and Fort Serapong. Following the surrender of the Allied forces in Singapore in 1942, Fort Siloso became a prisoner of war camp, and home to Australian and British troops. It was designated a historical site in 1972. The beaches of Sentosa were also used during the Sook Ching Massacre. 300 bullet-ridden corpses were washed up on the shores of Sentosa and buried by the British after being shot at sea or executed in other locations on the island.

]]> 2021-08-27 09:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1700536737 hannah_lee_shuo_xian https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1702629849 Hong Lim complex was one of the centres for the Sook Ching screenings. The roads around it were cordoned off with barbed wire, and Chinese men who were thought to be anti-Japanese were screened by the Japanese. If they failed the screenings, they would be sent off to other execution sites around the island. On occasion, women and children would be sent there too. This was part of their plan to purge anti-Japanese Chinese in Singapore.]]> 2021-08-29 12:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anjali_curic/pt8obvr8dzurqckj/wish/1702629849