Politics
CHANGE:
The source shows a change in how the locals were governed. At first, it was all under the British rule. However, during the Occupation, the Japanese changed Singapore to be under the Japanese rule controlled by the Kempeitai instead of the legislative council. Everything has to be the way how the Kempeitai liked it to be, and they could change the laws in Singapore anytime and however they want.
The source shows a change in how the locals were governed. At first, it was all under the British rule. However, during the Occupation, the Japanese changed Singapore to be under the Japanese rule controlled by the Kempeitai instead of the legislative council. Everything has to be the way how the Kempeitai liked it to be, and they could change the laws in Singapore anytime and however they want.
Source A:
Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements. Sir Harry St. George Ord (seated right), as Governer, was the council’s President. Hoo Ah Kay (also known as Whampoa, standing second from right) was the council’s ‘unofficial member’ representing the Chinese community.
Source: Singapore: A Biography by Mark R. Frost and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow |
Source B:
The Kempeitai was the military police force administered by the Japanese War Ministry during WWII over the Occupied Territories of Japan. Specially trained in interrogation methods, its task was to crush all resistance to military rule and it had powers to arrest and extract information from civilians and military alike. During the Japanese Occupation, there were about 200 regular kempeitai in Singapore but 1,000 auxiliaries were recruited from the army. Source: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_79_2005-02-02.html |