Operations against the Japanese

The people of Singapore resented Japanese rule. Anti-Japanese groups were formed to fight against the Japanese. For example, the Malayan Communist Party formed the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA). Members of MPAJA would carry out sudden attacks on the Japanese military whenever they had the chance.

Another group which aimed to help the British recapture Malaya and Singapore from the Japanese was Force 136. The British set up this secret organisation to gahter information about the Japanese and organise sabotages activities. Members were secretly trained in India and sent secretly to Malaya to help the MPAJA in its fight against the Japanese. One of the leaders of Force136 was Lim Bo Seng who was betrayed by a fisherman named Chua Koon Eng, who revealed to the Japanese the location of the spies without even being tortured. Most of the men were captured, tortured and mistreated, and eventually Lim Bo Seng was killed. He never revealed any information about Force 136 while he was tortured.