The "Malay Tiger" was sent to the scaffold: the execution of Japanese army general Fengwen Yamashita
September 3, 1945, Philippines. Japanese general Yamashita Fengwen signed the surrender document. Immediately, Yamashita Bongwen, known as the "Malay Tiger", became a war criminal in custody.
After the arrest of Yamashita Fengwen Data Picture
The trial of Yamashita was commissioned by the Philippines to preside over the commander of the US Western Pacific Army Commander W. Steya. Judge
’s prosecution against Yamashita was to condone and instruct Japanese soldiers to massacre, torture, torture, plunder, rape, burn, and destroy innocent civilians in the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. After the judge
read the indictment, Yamashita's attitude was quite rude, “I don’t know, I don’t know! You just saw the Japanese soldiers killing and setting fire, don’t you see the Japanese also bleeding, those ignorant people use big swords, Attacking us with guns and bombs, our soldiers are bleeding, can we wait to die?”
Court trial Shanxia Fengwen scene data picture
An invader is raging on someone else’s land , To shamelessly condemn the people's resistance is simply absurd. Robber logic!
Yamashita's fascist theories and logic can't get rid of his crimes after all. The hard fact is beyond dispute.
On the day when the sentence was pronounced, the judge's bench was located in the center, with the flags of the United States and the Philippines crossed prominently behind it. The 300-person auditorium was full, and many reporters could only stand.
Court trial at the foot of the mountain in the field data picture
Major General Reynolds began to read the verdict:
"...The mountain is written, directly participating in the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines , Instigated or condoned the killing of 160,000 soldiers and civilians, and committed unforgivable crimes against the people... Therefore, the court agreed to the indictment and sentenced to guilt and sentenced to hanging.”
山下 did not believe his ears, he confirmed the sentence to Hamamoto on the left. "Sentenced to hang..." He looked sluggish, as if he couldn't understand the meaning.
Finally, the foot of the mountain lowered his head and slowly retreated from the court.
As the number one war criminal sentenced by the Philippines, Yamashita was transferred to the new Billy Bead prison south of Manila.
Overnight, Bongwen under the mountain was so old that he almost didn't recognize him. His dull and gloomy eyes made people afraid to touch him, and his hair and beard were almost white. No one would believe that such an old man is a Japanese fascist general who frightened the British army.
In the early morning of February 23, 1946, the execution night finally arrived.
Yamashita Fengwen drank the last glass of beer and was escorted to the execution ground by the military police. After
arrived at the execution ground, Yamashita spoke the last paragraph:
"...It is only forty minutes since I was tortured. How precious these forty minutes are, I am afraid that there will be none other than the death row. People who can understand this kind of mood.”
Hanging the mountain under the text data picture
At 2:50 on the 23rd, the execution began, and the military police carried him to the hang. On stage.
The executioner tied ropes to his hands and feet down the mountain and blindfolded his eyes with black cloth.
According to the execution record: the execution began at 3:2 am on February 23, and the execution was exhausted at 3:27 am.
Shanxia Fengwen was 60 years old when he was killed.
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