.Received Snnday, 7.0 p.in. 1 SiNGAPORE, May 18. Eio'ht tnonsaiid Japanese war cL'iirres snspects are now in I cnslody iji Sontheast Asia oi' whom 2480 itre eoncerned with j hrutalities dni'ing tlie Malayan occnpation. j Ihe charges against abont .1400 are at present being- drawn np. j A teani of British, Dominions and Allied investigators is sifting' i the cases of the remainder. j RiJ'ty-four of -175 already tried are awaiting execntion in Changi gaol. r^he majority of the snspects are former members of the TCentpei prison camp, senior officials of tlie gnard and a Jarge number of sea transport officials. Thc seeond 'bSiam-Bni'ma death railway" triai opens next week. Katsnnori Tamnra, aged 18, was hang'ed in Tokio for the mnrder of an American soldier iast Deeember. He is the first Japanese execnted for erime against the occnpation forces.
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