SCAPIN-957: RESULTS OF WAR CRIMES TRIALS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
16 May 1946
AG 314.6
(16 May 46)
LS
(SCAPIN - 957)
MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
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THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
SUBJECT | Results of War Crimes Trials. |
Notice is hereby given of the following results of War Crimes Trials as reported by British Authorities:
ACCUSED DESIGNATION PLACE OF TRIAL RESULT OF TRIAL
TERADA TAKAO S/Sgt., attached 21 Group IPC. Singapore Not Guilty.
HIRAZAWA ATSUSI Warrant Officer, attached 21 Group IPC. Singapore Guilty. Sentenced to death by hanging.
SHIN SHIGETOSHI S/Sgt., attached 21 Group IPC. Singapore Guilty. Sentenced to death by hanging.
HASE RYOSOKU Cpl., attached 21 Group IPC. Singapore Guilty. To be imprisoned for 5 years
MURATA YOSHITARO Pte,, attached 21 Group IPC. Singapore Guilty. To be imprisoned for 14 year
OKAMURA HIDEO Capt., attached "Z" L of C Signals. Singapore Guilty. To be imprisoned for 7 years
OTODA HIROSHI Sgt Maj., Of Imperial Japanese Army, attached 3/2 Gurkha Rifles ALOR STAR Guilty. Sentenced to death by hanging.
YOSHIMURA EKIO Sgt., of the Imperial Japanese Army, attached 4 Ind Fd Regt R.I.A. IPOH Guilty. Sentenced to death by hanging.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
B. M. FITCH,
Brigadier General, AGD,
Adjutant General.