In Singapore orders were given for the segregation of the Chinese masses and the city was divided into concentration sections Butai were allotted their respective areas of control and Butai officers were answerable to but their immediately superior officers The military into on. On the third day after the surrender of Singapore the elimination of ant Japanese elements began. Soldiers with fixed bayonets ordered all Chinese men, women, and children to march out into the streets. 'From dawn to dusk', says Mr. Chin Kee Onn, "this pro- cess of ejection from homes went on. The people were led by unkempt and savage soldiers from one street to another, and some- times back and forth, because oficers at different ends of the street gave different instructions. As the crowds swelled when they met at street junctions, confusion also increased because the officers could not decide on the best locality for the concentration of the eople.' Already conflicting orders on all sides were beginning to reveal the limitations of the Japanese organization Fortunes varied according to the temperament of the Butai in charge of an area. If a Butai had suffered severe losses during the campaign, then it was hell for the people- and vice versa. In a(or concentration area) there was less kicking, slap- good'camp' ping, bullying, and use of ju-jutsu. In a bad camp the people were allowed to sit the ground: they were forced to adopt a posture between and Any or complaint was followed by whacks on the head with sticks Calling attention to thirst by jutting out the tongue was visited by a calling-out of'judo' (ju-jutsu) the offender 5 limbs. People were not allowed to go to the latrines: they fouled themselves where they stood.