WO235/937

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Title

WO235/937

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First Charge (against each Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that they, at Hong Kong between 21st April 1943 when members of the Staff of the Kempeitai Headquarters, Supreme Court Building, in the service of the Occupying Power, were, in violation of the laws and usages of war, together concerned as parties to the ill-treatment of civilian residents of Hong Kong aforesaid, in custody at the said headquarters, resulting in physical sufferings to them and in particular to Mr. Rudy Choy, Mr. F. Tyndall, Mr. Monaghan, Mr. Edmonston, Mr. G. Kotwall, Mr. Chester Bennett and Mr. Hyde.”

Second Charge (against Third Accused)
“COMMITTING A WAR CRIME, in that he, at Hong Kong between the 15th June 1943 and 30th September 1943 when a member of the Staff of the Kempeitai Headquarters, Central Police Station, did ill-treat Mrs. Chester Bennett a civilian in custody at the said Headquarters.”

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Citation

“WO235/937,” Hong Kong's War Crimes Trials Collection, accessed December 23, 2024, https://hkwctc.lib.hku.hk/items/show/55.

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