Tempoh tiga tahun 1942 – 1945 adalah sejarah hitam gelap negara.


[quote]Japanese Arrival in Malaya (1942) – Explained in Easy English

In December 1941, the Japanese military began their invasion of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia). They landed in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, at the same time they attacked Pearl Harbor. Their army moved very fast down the peninsula, defeating the British forces.

By January–February 1942, the Japanese had taken control of almost the entire Malaya.
Finally, on 15 February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Once Singapore fell, all of Malaya came under Japanese occupation.
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What Really Happened in 1942–1945? The Tragic Era Explained



The three-year period from 1942 to 1945 is remembered as one of the darkest and most tragic eras in our nation’s history.



During this time, the country was under Japanese occupation, which brought extreme hardship, fear, brutality, and suffering to the local population.



Many people faced strict military rule, shortages of food and medicine, forced labour, and violent punishments. Communities lived in constant uncertainty, not knowing what would happen next. This period left deep scars and painful memories that continue to be discussed even today.



If you speak to your grandparents or parents, they will confirm that it was a time of great hardship and suffering.



[quote]Price Control and New Village Measures in 1942 Japanese-Occupied Malaya

During 1942, under Japanese occupation, the Japanese military government introduced several measures to control society and manage wartime resources, including price control and early forms of village consolidation.


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1. Strict Price Control (More Price Control)

Due to wartime shortages:

Fixed prices were set for essential goods; merchants were not allowed to raise prices freely.

Supplies of rice, sugar, salt, oil, and other necessities were strictly limited.

Rationing systems were implemented to ensure basic needs were met.

Black markets existed but were actively suppressed.


The goal was to prevent runaway inflation and ensure the population could survive despite shortages.


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2. Early Forms of New Village (Village Consolidation)

The large-scale “New Villages” were officially implemented later in 1948 by the British during the Emergency. However, during Japanese occupation:

Some villages were consolidated or relocated for easier monitoring.

This prevented villagers from supplying anti-Japanese guerrillas.

It simplified the distribution of rations and control over the population.


These measures can be seen as a precursor to the British New Village policy.


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Summary

In 1942, the Japanese occupation government in Malaya implemented strict price control to stabilize wartime resources and used village consolidation to monitor and control the population. These strategies not only managed wartime shortages but also influenced later post-war settlement policies.
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Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1942–1945)

During World War II, Japan invaded Malaya as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia. From 1942 to 1945, Malaya was under Japanese control, including key states like Johor, Melaka, and Selangor.


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1. Invasion and Capture

Japan launched a rapid invasion in December 1941, attacking British Malaya from the north (Thailand) and via sea.

By early 1942, Japanese forces had captured Johor, Melaka, and Selangor, effectively taking control of the central and southern parts of Malaya.

Government offices, police stations, and military headquarters were taken over, and British officials were either captured or forced to flee.



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2. Japanese Administration

Once in control:

Japanese authorities replaced British administrators and implemented military government structures.

Japanese language and propaganda were enforced in schools and public offices.

Strict control over the population included rationing, forced labor, and censorship.



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3. Impact on the Population

Many civilians faced food shortages, forced labor (romusha), and strict surveillance.

Resistance movements began to form, but the Japanese suppressed them harshly.

Local economies were disrupted, and many local administrative offices operated under Japanese supervision.



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4. End of Occupation

The occupation ended in August 1945 after Japan surrendered to the Allies.

British authorities returned to restore colonial administration.
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This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Dec 11 2025, 02:56 PM

Japan say it’s liberating Malaya from British occupation

🇯🇵⚔️ Japan Claimed to “Liberate” Malaya… But Their Actions Were Extremely Brutal 😡🔥

Japan said they came to “free Malaya from British rule” 🤥
But in reality, they replaced the British with even harsher and more violent military control.

Here’s what really happened 👇


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😈 1. Cruel Military Rule

Once the Japanese took over, life became extremely harsh:

Beatings for small mistakes 👊😫

Public punishments and humiliation 😣

Torture chambers run by the Kempeitai (Japanese military police) 🩸😱

People going missing after being arrested 😨

Executions without trial ⚰️


The Kempeitai were so feared that people whispered their name.


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🍚🥶 2. Severe Food Shortages

Japan controlled all food and supplies:

Rice, sugar, oil taken for their army 🍚➡️🪖

Locals left with little to eat

Prices shot up like crazy 💸🔥

Families starving, children malnourished 😢

People forced to buy from black markets at high prices 🥶



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🩸⚔️ 3. Killings & Mass Executions

Some communities, especially the Chinese, faced:

Mass killings (Sook Ching) 😱⚔️

Brutal revenge operations

Whole villages punished for a small resistance act

Innocent people executed for “suspicion” only ⚰️


Thousands died during this period.


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🔗😔 4. Forced Labour

Many locals were forced to:

Build roads and railways under terrible conditions 🛤️

Work long hours with little food

Suffer beatings if they slowed down

Some sent to work on the “Death Railway” — many never came back 💀



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⛓️📵 5. No Freedom at All

Under Japanese rule:

Curfews everywhere 🚫

Newspapers censored 📰✖️

No speaking against the government (punishable by death) 😨

Movement controlled and monitored 👀


People lived in fear every single day.


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🤯🔥 Conclusion:

Japan said they were “liberating Malaya”…
but the truth is:

They replaced one colonial power with an even more violent and terrifying occupation.

For grandparents and older generations,
1942–1945 was a time of suffering, fear, hunger, and death.

japenis

japan also provide jobs for local

I hear from my grandma what they used to do in Borneo. Luckily karma real kena throw 2 bombs.

My grandparents say nothing much happen to them or their small farm in tg bungah penang. Sometimes jap soldiers come and ask for chicken. They dug a big hole in the ground incase planes drop bombs like in george town.I think about 30K malaysian died in ww2 same as covid.

Blame Thailand for giving easy access for japs to invade.

Biggest impact during 1941-1942 are those in Penang.

Thousands of Chinese were massacred, my heart cries for them because until now Japan has not formally apologies for the shit they did

Anyone here support banning TS for the nonsense chatGPT nonsense?

Sejarah senang dilupakan. Kenapa lagi buat bisnes dgn Jepun? Jeng jeng jeng.

Please tell more

nobody bothered to ask Malaya whether it wanted liberating.

My grandfather brother kena tangkap by Japan and missing since then.. God bless his soul..

But none of these in Jap history books. To them, they were liberators, not imperialists. When Takaichi was in KL for Asean summit, she took personal trip to visit WW2 Jap graves in KL to 'honor' them. WTF.

Because a lot of the chinese businessman donate money and item to KMT to fight against Japanese, then Japan occupied Penang and they start to seek vengeance against those donors.

Japanese is really cruel back then, rumors about 100k died during the occupation of 3 years 8 months, they mostly kill chinese. Those Japanese soldiers hate chinese to the core because they lost their comrade in China. My grandfather almost lost his live as kids and luckily he was spare by the Taiwanese-Japan soldier, apparently those taiwanese-Japan soldier not as cruel as Japanese soldier.

When Lawrence Wong ask China to forgive Japan after the recent comment by Japan PM Sanae Takaichi, Lawrence Wong forgot Singapore suffered badly during Japan occupation as well. Demi jilat Japan/US and start to say such word in front of the whole world. First time in my life i see such sohai Singapore PM who forgot history. Asia countries especially China is very wary the rise of Japan imperialism.

Why were they so cruel? Is it their nature?

Japanese people eat raw meat

They have contest and give awards to those with the highest in killing numbers. Can you imagine that?

blame ada 'orang' mengajar jepun buat kapal layar datang ke tanah melayu

Don't simply comment

Obviously fake punya , Japan that time greed for rich resources all the land they conquer.

JAV fans ask why TS spreading hatred like PRC.

For some reason we are most pissed off with Israel compared to Japan.

War, and people died, and it was Japanese invasion. Simple

Apparently many malayan were killed....
But don't know why people think it's only the Chinese.

All races were not excluded.

Of course, it was so long ago... Malayan mudah lupa?

1945 vs 2025?

is this what they call an AI slop?

They are paying for it now down there as we speak

robert kuok also work in japanese firm that time :X

didn't hear anything bad from my uncle... only some funny(kinda) stories.

like they like to eat durian .... so charge by kilo...japs say ok... so timbang , makan then timbang the durian skin and biji again.. they pay the difference ..

feels like he pulling my legs

now that you mentioned.. I always wonder why TS so free can write long long and then in point form...

so it's chatgpt...

then reply again after 2-3 years

My grandfather fought against the Japanese imperial army, that time he was with the communist party then joined MPAJA. Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja or RAMD joining in, he said they need as much ally as they can since Japanese much better equiped and they have better weapon. Here's a story he once told me and my brother, they were conducting recon with few RAMD in a small chinese town. They were hiding in the forest, can't be seen by the enemy. All the sudden the Japanese storming in, raiding, killing and raping. They can't do anything since they're outnumbered like 100 to 10, back in the camp they report what they seen. After the Japanes retreat, he's discharged then bought a small land and became a farmer. After the war some lots of MPAJA under Chin Peng been causing lots of problem until his defeats, he never talk about Chin Peng to us probably due to secrecy or some sort.

got pixture?

Chin Peng could have been a war hero, if he had accepted the peace plan by britihs.

Not sure about that but his people done lots of damage to the malay, it's like what the Japanese did when they still here.

Japanese and Germans in WW2 are under Facism, that's why they are also allies. But since WW2 ended, Communism rises up and yall know what Communism true nature is.

Facism is aggressive outwardly. That means they direct their aggression outwards against other nations. Communism directs its aggression inwards, towards its own people.

But since the end of WW2, people slowly conditioned to hate war. Better to die in starvation slowly, then to die being bombed to pieces, so the logic goes. That's why people are conditioned to hate Hitler becos he was warmonger, but nobody hates Mao or Stalin even though they killed their own people by the millions, becos not war mongers.

Now people call Putin as Putler, becos he invaded Ukraine. So he is a warmonger. Nobody cares about Kim Jong Il who starved hundreds of thousands of North Koreans to death in the 1990s (maybe millions).

Right now the same conflict is going on, but people everywhere refuse to see it. I'd say as high as 99% at least.

Like the WEF is totally Communist in outlook and philosophy.

Next thing is, people will ask, what is the WEF....suddenly they forgot.

Now, nobody cares that many millions died from the whole Covid thing (the jabs included). People even say, ah China may have lost 100+ million from the entire Covid thing, but that's ok. Water under the bridge.

This post has been edited by Hobbez: Dec 11 2025, 05:33 PM

Correct. The Japanese were violent farks and they were barbaric.
My wife's great grandfather along with thousands of other Indian men were shipped to Burma to build the Death Railway. Only a handful made it back alive looking like the Jews who were liberated in Auschwitz, basically skeletons with their skin hanging on. Her great grandmother couldn't afford to feed her baby and her 7 year old kid (wife's grandfather), she starved to death, after her death, the baby kept crying due to hunger and later died. Wife's grandfather was the only one who survived after taking a train to get out of their town.

Many tali-barut Jepun like the TAR photo above (mostly Malay men) were drunk with the little power that they had and used it to bully their neighbours, often getting them killed for small issues.

Kampung people had to hide their young daughters in the jungle area coz when the Japanese soldiers came around during their ronda-ronda, they will rape any pretty young girls that they see.

There was basically not much food for purchase and due to inflation of the daun pisang money, most people couldn't afford shit anyway. People resorted to eating ubi kayu which was the only thing available.

This post has been edited by ycs: Dec 11 2025, 05:24 PM

@lawrence_wong

MPAJA tried to "liberate" (take-over) the country from the British. They were allied with the British during the Jap occupation but during the period between the Japs leaving and the British returning to Malaya, they took power and were apparently very brutal especially to those who were considered tali-barut (mostly Malays). The British labeled them as Communists and started fighting them as well. This is what is mentioned in history, the truth is probably somewhere in-between and the fear of communism was a big factor in the outcome.

When Nazis heard about what Jipunis were doing, even they were shocked.

In reality, Jipunis WWII atrocities actually worse than the Nazis. There are way more death of POW in the hands of Jipunis than Nazis.

Communists are like DAP, you put them as opposition is ok. But they cannot be in power.

True, people who forget their history really dono la.

What the jap did is totally unforgivable even if they look so nice and polite

Lot of people thought Japan is their saviour

RIP those who perished and those MIA which I presume died. So many people died in Thailand and in large graves.

These people were forced like sardine in can, put in train cargo rails and ship them off. No proper food or medicine. Some got stab while walking towards their rail jobs because they are sick and dying.

Cruelest buggers

Many youngster kena take to lorry and shot to die right?

While I can't comment coz I never lived through the era, I don't have much animosity towards them because stories from my grandparents, where one of them actually saved my dad's life.
My dad as a kid was bedridden having very high fever due to living conditions and my grandma while taking care of him, one Jap suddenly came into the house probably to search for food, and seeing the condition of my dad, gave his medication to my grandma and told her to brew for him to drink, then he just left. My dad got better after that.

you go read his memoir

Wow such a good soldier

Actually there are taiwan chinese join japan army at the era

Maybe he is the one....


Last time your father live at kampung area?

Drama la. It was war the supply all taken by british leaving nothing. The British is doing the Dunkirk thing taking all valuebles and running back home hide.

They just gave away Malaya because the import export is fucked anyway.

Basically we end up with crippled economy because orang puteh big boss said no need plant rice just plant money crops enough. So when the export is fucked everyone starved.

Then its extra hard when Japanese come cos they plunder Malaya another round. Also the rape cos hentai ppl going YOLO

The price control n home relocation those British do it again during Chin Peng era. No ppl kecoh about this also.

That guy is a real seisohai, asking to forgive is bad enough. But he even said,



what a farking idiot

There are all kinds of people. Even during ww2 there were group of Japanese within the island nation actively opposed the war and were prosecuted. Your dad was lucky to meet a nice one. My grand dad was killed by Japanese soldier and he was just a civilian that were not involved in military or insurrection.

Everyone knows the Chinese got put in concentration camp during that time.

Just that no one cares because not same skin colour and religion as the majority.

On top that cannot use a propaganda to win votes unlike labelling Chinese as communists every Hari Kebangsaan.

steal our bikes

karma earthquakes n tsunamis

"Water cure," a form of water torture, was widely used by Japanese troops (specifically the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police) in occupied territories during World War II.
The method involved forcing water, sometimes with irritants like soap, into the victim's body.

Process: The victim was typically tied or secured in a prone (face-down) position. A cloth was placed over their mouth and nose, and water was continuously poured or "pumped" in, filling the lungs and stomach until the person was near unconsciousness from asphyxiation.

Physical Trauma: Once the victim's body was bloated with water, pressure was applied to the abdomen—sometimes by beating it or a guard jumping on it—to force the water out.

Repetition: The victim would be revived, and the brutal process repeated multiple times during interrogation.

Survivors described the experience as feeling like drowning, "just gasping between life and death". The torture causes extreme physical pain, potential organ damage, and severe, lasting psychological trauma.

This method, along with other extreme acts, led to a high mortality rate among prisoners of war under Japanese control compared to other theaters of the war. After the war, Japanese war criminals were tried for these atrocities at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

There are 2 types of Japanese army, one is native japan, another one is taiwanese who are forced to become Japan army. I believe your dad encounter the taiwanese japan army who are not so barbaric.

He should go to read "Sook Ching Massacre" and even LKY claim Japan has killed about 70-100k of singaporeans.

My grandfather told us that his brother got caught away by japanese soldier to do forced labour or something like that. But he never came back. Most probably died

SAS Rouge heroes

my grandfather said very difficult to live, stress is the least worry, how to survive another day was brutal

had to hide under the house, obey them, submissive attitude

dont know how my grandfather and his family survived, yes they also mention banana bank note

Got ppl say forgive je la

Meanwhile they didn't even ask for forgiveness lol

So nowadays those pedophiles etc if they ask for forgiveness can we forgive them? They didn't kill the kids

It's weird tho that marai hate CP to the core but jepunis mcam ok je

Actually there were some marai ppl who welcomed jepunis with open arms back then when they cycled in

Not all treated as badly as Chinese.

The Japanese before invading Malaya already fought long war in China, they already hated Chinese and also aware overseas Chinese in Nanyang is actually major fund contributor to the resistance war effort back in China. So the Japanese soldier is especially brutal towards local Chinese.

Good jepunis kena earthquake

Pls earthquake them more till all buildings flattened ..

Then I will accept japmoi in my house but jap dude have to become eunuch to serve me

This post has been edited by Knnbuccb: Dec 11 2025, 11:09 PM

Maybe kot. My family lived in KL but wooden house that time.

Sorry to hear of your loss bro. True that war brings out the criminal in some people.

Ya, lucky betul out of so many that invaded, we encountered a nice one that day.

Darker side of politics that time.

Tell them where to take life as they want in exchange of interest.

Be like German. They admit their fault.

By Jepunis basically dun want admit their shameful display.

If u didn't said it, ppl will not condemned it but u said openly then u kena lor. Yes a lot of news portal said it is good no over tourist mah coz CCP tak masuk.

That is notmal ppl..how about business owner? Lel

New generation hate CP are kinds of WTF and probably because of what their elders told them, older people who been there i can understand. Like until now they still calling cina all communist while they don't want to admit it was their people been betraying this nation ever since until now. Kempeitai did recruited some malay as auxiliaries then, heard stories about them from my grandfather about how these crazies bullying all the way while working with the Japanese.

Food rationing, back then really kena makan ubi kayu to survive, then ubi kayu leaf also makan to survive. Most of the rice was control by Japanese back then.

My grandfather still keep some of the banana bank note, literally it has 0 value in the market.

that's the problem why China is wary about the rise of Japan imperialism right wing, Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Sanae Takaichi belong to this camp, China will do whatever they can to stop this imperialism right wing rise.

Jepunis ppl bodoh sombong over kemaluan

They rather starve than admit they need ccp toirist

This post has been edited by Knnbuccb: Dec 12 2025, 10:11 AM

Yah lol those ppl last time betrayer of own land. Go google Ibrahim yaacob...

Actually mpaja was fighting against invaders but got some masters of the land trying to support them

It's the same for every invader who came, there are some masters of the land who try to befriend them and cooperate with them

But in the end the ppl who fought the invaders painted as subversive whil those who work with the invaders are patriots.. funny right. Hahahahahaha


And the funniest shit ever is those marai ppl asking why ccp so glass heart but then their hatred to cp is just next level compared to hatred of ccp to japs who had the evilest ways to kill someone.

Nobody glorify cp as hero but when his ashes wanna come back also became big hooha, lol.

Meanwhile jepunis PM Visit war shrine "heroes" then everyone says chill la , orang sudah takda , why u butthurt?

This post has been edited by Knnbuccb: Dec 12 2025, 10:19 AM

How would you explain this logic to JAV gooners with their cum juice in brain as logic fuel?

When small head overtake their big head to take. There no hope liao.

Hypocrite i would say, me myself too not support and against communism. Example you look at the Palestine and Israel war, so many raising Palestinian flag for solidarity. What about other nation that suffer the similar fate? They too being discriminated, killed, invaded. Libya, Syria, Sudan, Uyghur muslims etc and how many actually raise those nation's flag like they raised Palestine's? Yes there's few NGO who organised donation and charity events for them, kudos to them by the way but those Palestinian suppoters? When you raised this out, they trying to counter you with the word "whataboutism".

Not much different between what the Japan imperial army and the PKM done to Malaysia back then, but for some reason only the non still gets the hate and being called communist until now.

well they both killed and possibly tortured

but beheading competitions and unit 731 only belonged to japan

Ask any old timers who still living and has not senile...nobody said nice things about these invading japonis army..cruel, just a simple mistake of not bowing when they passby will earn a slap or a boot kick..for british collaborators even worst..in the village people will hide their young good looking daughters in the jungle when heard news some japonis soldiers in the area..confiscated rice, chicken or buffaloes is the norm even when the villagers themselves has no food and need buffaloes to plant paddy.

got someone said his uncle scam the jaopoanese by selling oveprriced durian

i laughed, if japanese wanted durian his uncle would have given it for free , lagi mau charge him and scam by weighing the empoty shells after they finished eating?



This post has been edited by Knnbuccb: Dec 12 2025, 11:05 AM

How many woman got raped/violated between 1941 till 1945

I think woman suffers mosts during these times

The beheading competition is truly fucked up, they actually treated those chinese like animals in the safari. Unit 731, they get to walk away as free man thanks to their deal with the US. They will give the US all of their human experiment data in exchange they get to walk away, no charges no prosecution no jail no court. I remember reading an article one of the high ranking offier from unit 731 ended up became the head of a pharmacy company in Japan, that's fucked up beyond all. There's few Japaneses imperial army vets actually return to China and apologies to them, sharing as much information about their attrocities to them as they can.

Maybe yes that why they mostly bunuh cina dan india..my grandma ckp cina byk bg anak dieorg kat keluarga melayu mintak tolong jaga..most malay dieorg tak kacau but still hidup dalam tekanan, buruh paksa dan serba kekurangan..

This post has been edited by Commander Shinzo: Dec 12 2025, 11:53 AM

and the Jap Gov treat them as war heroes, there is reason why some peoples hate that shrine