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LABUAN: The media has been urged to help uncover missing pieces in Sabah and Labuan’s war history before time makes whatever that happened 70 years ago impossible to gather and record anymore.

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Remaining prisoners unaware Kwok, others put on pre-dawn train for execution | Daily Express Online

AMONG those who carried out the decapitations was the son of a Japanese businessmen killed by the guerrillas on the night of the uprising. He was said to have wielded his Japanese military sword and hacked repeatedly at one of the prisoners (Mochizuki 1995: 60). Not much else is known of what transpired at Petagas after that, but news of the executions soon spread to Jesselton and the entire west coast. It had a profound impact on the morale and spirit of the people, striking fear in them. At the Batu Tiga prison the fate of those who had been sent to Petagas on 21 January was known to the remaining prisoners the following afternoon. Though the men were aware that Albert Kwok and the 175 men had been taken out and put on the train, they were under the impression that the men were being transported to another place to serve their prison sentences.
On 8 February 1944 the remaining prisoners, whose numbers had been increased by those arrested after 21 January, were once again taken out to squat in the prison compound. The same name-calling process was carried out. This time, 131 names were called, all Chinese.
These men were those determined by the Japanese to have been involved with the guerrillas, but in minor roles. Among those called were Liew Chi Nyen of Tuaran, Chong Pen, the father of Chong Kui Fah who had organised the guerrillas’ food supplies, and Shek Chun Feng, the brother of Shek Chun Fah. These men were transported to Labuan for long-term imprisonment.
Upon arriving at Labuan, the 131 men were paraded and humiliated before the Labuan population as a warning. There, the men were put to hard labour on public works. The Japanese did little to care for their welfare and many succumbed to fatigue and illness. As the Japanese did not provide them with sufficient food, many suffered from malnutrition. Most of the prisoners eventually died of severe diarrhoea, a result of consuming coconuts to supplement their diet. Deprived of food and medical supplies, the men could not carry on with their work. They simply stopped and were left to die slow, painful deaths.
Only 11 of the 131 survived the war and returned to Jesselton: Liew Chi Nyen, Fung Kon Ming, Yong Kin Siong, WongYen Chin, Chin Kon Fah, Voo Yen Chong, Lo Long Chin, Lo Si Biang, Chong Nai Shu, Ho Si Man and Chong Shi.
After the war, survivors from Labuan lodged a complaint against the local policemen at Labuan whom they accused of torturing the prisoners and for their negligence, resulting in many deaths. The policemen were put on trial by the post-war Allied war crime tribunals. Several of them were found guilty and were given prison sentences.”
Throughout the entire process of the guerrillas’ capture and detention, and subsequent execution or imprisonment, none were put on trial; none had appeared before a judge and given a fair hearing

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Kwok, four others made to kneel and beheaded, others machine-gunned | Daily Express Online

LEE Vui Leong’s relationship with the guerrillas was clarified by his wife Kong, “My husband never joined them as an active member, but he helped them whenever he could, including passing information in early 1943. I knew of my husband’s connection with the guerrillas.”
The Japanese, however, maintained that Lee Vui Leong was involved. Sergeant Major Tsuji Toyoji, who was later tried for the death of Lee Vui Leong, testified that he was ordered by his commanding officer Lieutenant Onishi.
Lee Vui Leong’s death was one of two tragedies suffered by the Li family following the uprising. His father, Li Tet Phui, was later executed by the Japanese at Petagas. Other members of the family, including Vincent Lee Vui Min, were also tortured. Vincent Lee was given water treatment at Menggatal twice. After being transferred to Jesselton, he was interrogated, beaten, and interned for two and half months.” Chin Shen Kee, the uncle of the two younger Lees was also executed at Petagas.
David Liew Loi Kui was probably arrested around 27 November 1943. He was first interned at the Jesselton Military Police Headquarters at the padang.
His wife was allowed to bring him food. The sight of him must have been grim as severe beatings and torture were administered by the Japanese as part of the interrogation. After Liew was transferred to the Batu Tiga Jail on 3 December 1943, Mrs Liew was forbidden to visit him. She never saw her husband again, and was not aware of his execution at Petagas until after the end of the war.”
After a series of interrogations during which the Japanese tried to break the spirit of those involved or implicated in the uprising, the Japanese finally concluded their investigations in mid-January 1944.
On 20 January 1944 the Japanese decided to mete out punishments to the 300-odd prisoners who were still interned at Batu Tiga. There are conflicting accounts as to whether formal trials were held. The Japanese claimed the trials were presided over by Major General Keishin Managi, who later became the Chief of Staff of the 37th Army/59 whereas none of the other accounts, including Chong Kui Fah’s, mentioned a trial.
On 20 January 1944 Kwok and his men were taken out to the prison compound, where they were photographed in groups of 12 and then made to squat in rows.
In front of the prisoners were five tables, with a Japanese officer seated at each. The officers were judges brought from Kuching. Chong Kui Fah, one of the prisoners, noticed two sets of documents on the desk of the judge seated in the middle.
An interpreter then started reading out names from one of the documents. Among those called were Kong Sze Phui, Li Tet Phui, Charles Peter, Orang Tua Panglima Ali, Orang Tua. Ongga, Sergeant Budh Singh and Jules Stephens. Apparently Kwok’s name was not among them (Chong Kui Fah 1996: 36).
Altogether, 176 names were read out. Those whose names were called were asked to squat at another side; they were separated from the other prisoners and taken back to the prison. These were the men whom the Japanese had decided were the leaders of the guerrillas and those directly involved in the uprising.
The previous day, those prisoners who were called had been forced to sign a document bearing statements which they were not allowed to read; these proved to be confessions of guilt.’’

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Remains of those executed being exhumed soon after the war and placed in urns.

Before dawn on 21 January 1944, Albert Kwok and those whose names had been called were led out of the prison and put on the goods train parked outside the prison. They were transported under heavy guard to a spot near Petagas where they arrived at around 5.30 a.m.
At the site, the men could see that two large holes had already been dug. The holes measured 60 feet long and 20 feet wide (Chin 2009: 124). According to Oho Masuo, who witnessed the execution, it had rained the previous night and the trenches were half-filled with water (Mochizuki 1995: 60)

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Japanese hunted down Kwok more than a month | Daily Express Online - Sabah's Leading News Portal

FOLLOWING the revolt, Albert Kwok and his party wandered as fugitives for more than a month before finding their way to Penampang on 13 December 1943. They had travelled quite a distance and managed to reach Tambunan and even Ranau, but had to turn back to be nearer the coast as Kwok had not given up hope on the arrival of the American-Filipino guerrillas under Colonel Suarez to reinforce the guerrillas. They first reached Kiansom, Inanam, before crossing over to Penampang

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The Diaries of Neelakantan: 42 Allied planes appear in formation above Jesselton | Daily Express Online

1943
After the first visit of the American plane our masters (Japanese) told us that none need be frightened. “However carefully one may tie his mosquito net still it is possible for one or two mosquitoes to get in and give a sting or two. So also however careful one may guard his place still one or two belonging to the enemies may get in and bomb us. However, we can assure you that no enemy plane will be allowed to enter and we will fight and finish it off”.
When American planes began to visit in twos or threes they said it was nothing. They were just waiting for a big group to come in so that in one blow they could finish them all. But what happened! People, I mean, the people of the country were aware of the things going on and laughed, as they could understand things well.
Allied planes began to hover over Jesselton in large numbers. Once there were 42 planes, which came in formations of sixes and sevens. Action began.
They were always aiming at the aerodrome. The Japs could not cope with the repairs. Railway lines were the next target. Jesselton being the terminus, they were aiming at the local shop, etc. Wagons were blasted off the rails; locomotives were several times chased and machine-gunned.
People were frightened to travel by train. But still the only train was running on as usual. The Jap authority soon thought that they should shift all the Govt. offices to Beaufort the same place to which the British also did at the time of the commencement of the war. These people also made the same mistake as that was committed by the British to avoid the enemies landing in Jesselton. By January 27th 1945 we were asked to shift the Survey office also to Beaufort, which is 56 miles away from Jesselton to the South. We did not like this place but this was the safest place for us.
The visit of the Allied planes became a daily occurrence. We had boxes of various sizes for our plans of different sizes and other equipment already made at the beginning of the war, which was handy, and we finished packing and loaded the boxes and the important items in closed wagons and tables and other furniture in the open trucks.
The railway track was close by, just about 50 yards from our office and all the material was transported safely to the other end. We, the office staff were provided barrack-like shelters, which were formerly used by the rubber estate coolies close by the railway track and a kilometer from the railway station at Beaufort.
The office was accommodated in the estate factory close by. Of course the office staff had dwindled to a minimum as many of the staff stayed behind in Jesselton.
During that time while we were still in Jesselton planes used to visit exactly at midnight. We had warnings of air raids even during odd times of nights.
For quite some time there were no raids during night time. We the staff by turn were asked to keep watch for enemy planes and signal warnings at appropriate times.
We had to hide in the shelters at odd times. None of the Japanese’ planes, if there were any, went up to put up a fight.
There were no anti-aircraft firing from the ground. Allies were the masters of the sky. Once before when I had come to Beaufort I had seen one American plane flying over Beaufort and six Jap planes were chasing it.
The American plane was dodging and at the end somewhere near Mempakul four Japanese planes were shot down and the remaining two escaped but the propaganda machine of the Japanese had a different story to tell!
Once in our office we had to make a propaganda map for them to post it somewhere for exhibition.
This was during the latter part of 1942, and the map we had to make was of a huge size. All in vibgyor. Once at the beginning of the war when the Japs had occupied the whole of the east of India all portions were coloured red just to show that these areas were occupied by them and belonged to them to show the Japanese Empire as the British Empire was shown before.
In this particular case we had to show certain countries in certain colours for example Burma, Thailand, Indo China, Philippines as independent countries, Sumatra, Java, etc. in different colours, Solomon group as occupied.
At that time occupation was not complete. We knew that, but the coloring had to be done as ordered.
One of the Japanese military officers had been to our office during the preparation of the map and commented after having had a good look, “Have we taken these places?” pointing to the Solomon group. He had up to date news and he had not known this! Poor propaganda!
In Beaufort our so-called residences were in the middle of Woodford Rubber estate through which the rail tracks were passing leaving our office and residences on one side about fifty feet from it.
We used to see planes passing very high in formation and these, when no air raid actually took place in the beginning. They were most probably carrying out reconnoitering surveys for future air raids or bombardments.
During December 1944 there was a little bit of aerial strafing at the railway station.

- TA Neelakantan Iyer joined the Lands and Surveys Department during the Chartered Company administration in 1930 and spent 33 years before returning to India upon retiring as Chief Draughtsman in 1962.
He was so fond of Sabah that he even named his house in Madras, “Borneo House”. Neelakantan’s service was so valued that he was recalled from India by the department within nine months of being retrenched in December 1933 following the economic depression.
While on short leave in India in 1935, he brought along his 13-year-old bride. The arranged marriage was a promise to his mother the year earlier, worried he would be lonely during his second tour of duty

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ON HIS side Kwok had about one hundred of his Kinabalu band and could count on nearly twice that number of islanders. Very few of his men had any military training. Peter and Dewa Singh were ex-policemen and Li Tet Phui and Jules Stephens had some part-time experience as soldiers.
The rest were new to the business. No written orders of the force have survived. Very likely there were none. People have taken different views of what Kwok’s plan really was.
Some think he intended to knock out the Japanese in Jesselton, hold the town and rally supporters to his banner, then, with help from the Allies, throw the Japanese out of Sabah

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