One example of a hero during the Japanese Occupation was Elizabeth Choy. She along with a husband Choy Khun Heng supplied medicine, money and messages to affected British civilians interned at Changi Prison during the Japanese Occupation in World War 2. Unfortunately her actions soon got caught up by the Japanese and was captured. She was tortured by the Japanese for critical information at Kempeitai headquarters in Stamford Road for 193 days. Her compassion for the British civilians was recognized by the British Empire and awarded he the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Another hero during the Japanese Occupation whose deeds proved useful was Mamoru Shinozaki.
Despite being once a spy for the Japanese, we was imprisoned by the British till the Fall of Singapore to the Japanese. He then joined the Japanese army as the 1st adviser in Singapore under the Japanese but he was not like the other Japanese soldiers who were cruel. His single act of mercy was that he issued a huge number of good citizen pass to the Chinese and Eurasians so they would not be affected by the Sook Ching Operation which killed a lot of innocent Chinese men and torture of innocent men for critical infomation.
Mamoru Shinozaki (Above)
Lim Bo Seng (Above)
And of cause who can we forget the hero who never gave out critical information who was none other then Lim Bo Seng. Whom was captured by the Japanese and was tortured for information about his squad till his death and people of Singapore recognized him as a hero.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Bo_Seng (Source and image)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinozaki_Mamoru (Source and image)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Choy (Source and image)
(All webs accessed on 17 Feb 2013)
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