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LAU TAK KWONG, ALEXANDER CHRISTY SHINTON, LEUNG HUNG, FREDERICK IVAN GEORGE HALL, BRAILEY, DOUGLAS WILLIAM WATERTON, HUBERT STANLEY REES, VALTER RICHARDSON SCOTT, JOHN ALEXANDER FRASER.
Sentence of 15 years' imprisonment was passed on the accused HO YAU, CHAN WAI CHI, LUIS CARLOS ROSARIO SOUZA, FRANK ROBERT, WILLIAM ANDERSON, JAMES LESLIE ANDERSON.
19th October, 1943
Hongkong Occupied Territory Governor-General's Dep., Court Martial.
Lieut.-Col. FUJIMOTO.
Chief Judge:
Judge: Judge:
Legal 1st Lieut. YAMAGUCHI, Kyoichi. Army 1st Lieut. TIMURO, Tetsu.
(T.N. All sentenced to death (N.B. LEE LAM's name is omitted from the
list) executed 29 Oct. 1943. Those sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment had sentence commuted to 10 years by Proclamation 15, 1944).
The case against Major CECIL BOON, R. A. S.C., may be summarised briefly as follows: It is alleged that:
1.
On or about Dec. 16, 1942, at SHAMSHUIFO P. W. Camp he made extreme pro-Jap remarks, supplied the enemy with propaganda material, and praised without justification their treatment of Ps/W.
(Witnesses: Major ASHTON ROSS, I.M.S., Major J.D.A. GRAY, R.A.S.C., Capt. A. M. RODRIQUES, H.K. V.D. C., Capt. GC.E. GREW, R. A. S. C., Capt. R.N. THURSEY, H. K. V. D. C., Capt. C.G. WEBBER I MIDILESEX. evidence forthcoming from BOON's document entitled "Mental Reactions" and his diary.
2.
Additional
On 1st Oct. 1944 he condeamed an air attack made by American Air Force on the camp, and supplied the Japanese with propaganda material in the form
of a letter.
3.
(Evidence: 1. lip written in red pencil probably by a Jap.
interpreter suggesting that a letter of protest should be sent to A.A.F. in CHINA.
2. Pencilled draft letter with alterations in
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BOON's handwriting.
Memo in ink and pencil probably from Jap. interpreter with request from Lt. TANAKA for proposed letter.
Typewritten copy of actual letter sent by Major BOON dated 18 Oct. 44 found in office used by the Japanese.
Letter with some amendments was published in H. K. News dated 20 oct. 44 under the heading "U.S. Officer's letter of protest".
During mid-September 1942 he subjected his fellow Ps/ to excessive, dangerous and harmful work, and deliberately fail or refused to exercise his authority to effect any improvement in working conditions, or to pass on protests to the Japanese.
(Witnesses: Major ASHTON ROSS, I.M.S., Makor J. D. A. GRAY, R. A. M. C., R. S. M., F. C. JONES, H.K. V. D. C., Capt. R.K. VALENTINE, o/i.c., H. K. V. D. C., Lt. SAINSBURY, D. D.C., Major GRIEVE, R.A. S.C., Capt. RL LANCASTER, R. As Me Ce, Major F.T. ATKINSON, R. R.C., Detail No. 279, Sgt. G. H. FIERCY, H. K. V. D. C., C.S.M. COLLINS, P.O. VAN WAARDENBURG.)
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