STORY OF EASTERN LIDICE TOLD AT TRIAL
— Received Sunday, 8.5 p.m. HONDON, March 22. A British military court at Rangoon heard today the first pare of the stor„ of an "Eastern Lidice," in which an the inhabitants were killed hy Japaneso and ali their homes burned down, say. Reuter's Rangoon correspondent. Bight Japanese olficers and six mem bers of the Japanese security servnx appeared before the court, charged wit„ killing and t-orturing 637 men, women, and children m the Indian.se ttiemeni u. 1 Kalago, 10 miles east of Moulmein. The prosecution said that in June, 1945, the Japanese entered Kalago to try to secure mformation about uhc. operations of British parachutists. l'iit japanese returned to the viiiage j July, strung villagers up to beams m nouses, and beat tnem all nignt xn at tempts to get information. Next'monj ing, all the villagers were' blindfo'lded and led to nearby wells, bayoneteq, ana tnrown in, whether dead or alive.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1946, Page 5
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