Eye-witness of human slaughters
Case 1.
On 23 February, while standing in front of his home at 23 Amber
Road in the then seaside section of Katong, Siew Kow noticed three
lorries, packed with Chinese men, motoring past. A short
distance down the road, the three vehicles stopped and all
occupants were ordered by Japanese military guards to climb down
to the roadside. They were first bound individually with
ropes, then in groups of three with wire.
As the guards led their prisoners to the beach down a lane by the
side of the Chinese Swimming Club, Siew Kow followed, carefully
avoiding detection. On the beach the guards ordered their
prisoners to kneel in the sand facing the sea. From his
position, little more than 30 steps away, Siew Kow saw one of the
Japanese troops waved a red flag. Several of the Japanese
then pierced at the kneeling men with bayonets. Others just
opened fire at them. Siew Kow heard the terrible cries of
anguish from those being slaughtered and he just couldn't do
anything.
Case 2.
Screening was carried out by Imperial Guards throughout the
Chinese villages strung along the eastern sectors of Singapore's
Changi and East Coast roads. Chinese males above the age of
15 had to report for "registration" at Changi Road's 8-1/2
concentration point. Thousands of Chinese youths mostly from
Samba Ikat Village and Mata Ikan Village had gathered there.
Those released after brief questioning received an identification
paper listing their name, age, address and occupation together
with a Japanese stamp and the signature of the issuing officer.
Yeo Hung Chung, of 405 Samba Ikat Village was one of those with a
life-saving ID pass. In the evening he noticed three lorries
driving slowly past his house. Each vehicle was loaded with
people Hung Chung recognized had been with him earlier that
morning. He particularly noticed his friend Tay Cheng Kiang,
a teacher from the village. He also spotted two women among
the prisoners in one of the lorries.
Twenty minutes later, Hung Chung heard the sound of machineguns
firing. Not long after, the three lorries returned.
Only this time they were empty. At 7pm, a second convoy of
three lorries loaded with prisoners passed Hung Chung's house.
Again, after a time, he heard machineguns. Again, the
lorries drove by empty on their return journey. This
horrible routine repeated for two weeks usually at night time.
Case 3.
Tan Hai Suar, a farmer, was inside his Samba Ikat home, about to
have his midday meal, when two cars carrying Japanese military
officers drove by. Both vehicles stopped beside a nearby
complex of air-raid shelters that had been constructed by the
British as part of Singapore's southern defenses prior to the
outbreak of war. After inspecting the shelters the Japanese
returned to their vehicles and drove off.
Five hours later, Hai Suar spotted six lorries loaded with young
Chinese men driving slowly towards his home. Also in the
lorries was a contingent of Japanese troops. The six
vehicles parked in a rear lane. Hai Suar hid behind a mango
tree and watched, horror-stricken. The Chinese in the backs
of the lorries were ordered down and lined up along the
open-topped air-raid shelters. Soon afterwards the firing
squad began mowing down the Chinese prisoners with machineguns.
The victims crumpled and fell conveniently into the shelters as
the frightful shooting gallery continued. It lasted for
about ten minutes, then abruptly stopped. A hideous chorus
of wailing and crying, pleas and moans, filled the night air.
Back came the shooting, but for a much shorter time, followed by a
few individual rifle shots.
Before leaving, the Japanese troops indifferently shoveled some
earth into the shelters. But arms and legs and heads still
protruded. Originally built to protect life, the shelters
transformed into ugly jumble of death. For about a month,
Hai Suar and his fellow farmers in the area found it impossible to
approach the area as it had become a military restricted zone.
(1+2) Beheading and (3+4)
bayoneting.
Haunted accounts
Changi Beach
This area is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of the executed
Chinese during the Japanese occupation. Passersby often
report hearing strange crying and screaming. The heads of
the Chinese dead bodies are sometimes seen flying everywhere.
Headless bodies walk around the beach as well. More scary cases
include a passerby witnessing a ghostly execution leaving blood
stains, etc.
East Coast Beach
This area is believed to be haunted by wandering ghosts.
Stories include a person walking along the beach at night seeing a
lady in white floating around. Strange noises were also
reported. Many reports indicate that there are many people
drowning in the sea. Be careful if you take an enjoyable
swim or stroll along the beach at night or the ghosts could
disturb you anytime.
Sentosa
Rumors said at night headless ghosts wander around the golf course
at the west end of the Sentosa island. A true mysterious
accident that involved a man of age 26 drowned in a foam party in
Sentosa. A girl during the dance had accidentally fell
into water from a jetty shouting for help. A well-built man,
interior designer from Malaysia who was good at swimming jumped
down and saved her. After the girl had been taken up to the
jetty, the man followed and tried to climb up to the jetty.
Mysteriously, "something" had pulled him back into water. He
then drown in front of everybody despite his proven swimming
skills. The police later classified it as an accident, and
blamed on the jeans that he was wearing diminished his buoyant
when soaked.
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