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.

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.