LEE Mun Hee 李曼曦
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000230
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 7
Total Reels
- Chua Ser Koon
Interviewer
- 03:14:13
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 7
Metadata
- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:53
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. Came to Singapore at 21. Became school principal. Reason for joining first-aid team organised by United Chinese Library. His duties as Division Officer of St John's Ambulance Brigade. Organisation of Medical Auxiliary Service. His activities in drama performances and chorus.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 7
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- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Activities of United Chinese Library's chorus. Performances by Wuhan Choir from China. Teachers' role in national salvation. China Relief Fund headed by Tan Kah Kee. Action against merchants dealing in Japanese goods. Air-raid Precaution operations. Properties damaged by Japanese air attacks. His reason for closing school before British surrender.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 7
Metadata
- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:38
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
What happened at mass screening. His opinion of it. How he helped his friends to escape mass screening. Fate of those taken away by Japanese. People attitude towards the Japanese. His arrest by Kempeitai. How he was tortured.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 7
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- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:47
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
How detainees were tortured by Kempeitai. What happened during his detention. How detainees' corpses were disposed of. His release and recovery from illness. Detainees beaten up by Japanese. Why people were detained. Living conditions during detention. Fellow detainees' disinclination to confide in one another. Prisoners of war made to work.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 7
Metadata
- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
His activities during Japanese Occupation. Chinese traitors much worse than Japanese. Masqueraded as Chinese physician to own car and draw petrol ration. How he put up a false front to bluff Chinese traitors. Called up for second interrogation by Kempeitai. Chinese traitors and their misdeeds. Reprisals against them. Rich people affected by monetary contributions to Japanese.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 7
Metadata
- 23 Oct 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
His opinion of Overseas Chinese Association. His underground organisation and activities during Japanese Occupation. State of affairs in Singapore immediately after Japanese surrender. Maintenance of law and order before landing of British Army. Preparations for victory parade. Attended Japanese Surrender Ceremony. War crime trial of Japanese officers.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 7
Metadata
- 2 Nov 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Awarded Defence Medal after war. Awarded medal for patriotism by Chinese Nationalist Government in Chongqing. Returned to China to asisst in transfer of troops to Northeast China. Reason for returning to Singapore. Awarded medal for services in Medical Auxiliary Service. Became cinema advertiser and cinema operator. Reason for giving up teaching profession. Results of war crime trial.
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