Lim Bo Seng secured everlasting fame not only because of the fact that he gave up everything, including his life, to fight against an enemy he deemed to be domineering and ruthless but also because of his steadfast refusal under pain and torture to reveal the information that will threaten the lives of his comrades and the cause that he has been fighting for.
A research on a Singaporean World War II hero, Lim Bo Seng.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Anecdotes involving Lim Bo Seng
Lim Bo Seng was captured by the Japanese at a roadblock in Gopeng around March-April 1944. He was taken to the Kempeitai headquarters for interrogation but still refused to provide the Japanese any information about Force 136 despite being subjected to severe torture. Instead, he protested against the ill treatment of his comrades in prison. He fell ill with dysentery and was bedridden by the end of May 1944. He died in the early hours on 29 June 1944.
