operation clean up

 "operation clean-up" was to get rid of  Chinese volunteers who had fought against the Japanese, members of the China Relief Fund, who had raised money tirelessly to support China's war efforts against Japan and anyone else connected with anti-Japanese organisations.In practice, the sook ching was almost wholly arbitrary. Hapless male civilians, aged between 18 and 50, were rounded up and left to cower by the roadside, without shade from the pitiless elements and without water or food.Those who wrote in English, wore glasses, had tattoo marks or were not savvy enough to grovel immediately at the feet of the young Kempei, were bundled off for execution.http://ourstory.asia1.com.sg/neatstuff/tanss/ssjap.html
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