Trials for Mass Murder and Unlawful Executions
Trials for Mass Murder and Unlawful Executions
Temporary courts-martial heard evidence of “mass murder” and “unlawful executions” carried out by the Japanese during the occupation. The murders were either in retaliation for general resistance to their authority or else because “military necessity” required it. As for unlawful executions, the gist of this offense was that the accused had killed (or had ordered his subordinates to kill) one or more citizens for some alleged crime or misconduct, but that the execution had occurred without any regularly constituted trial or hearing to determine guilt or innocence. This chapter looks at representative cases in both categories. It also looks at the so-called “Haga Plot” and the “Overakker Plot,” in which prominent Dutch officials were executed for their involvement in so-called “anti-Japanese activities.”
Keywords: Haga Plot, Overakker Plot, mass murder, unlawful executions, Kempeitai, war crimes
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