Re: hakka: Tales of a Hakka Town (6)

[CHUNG Yoon-Ngan <chungyn@mozart.collective.com.au>]

 Hello Kong Khen,

>      Based on the book written by a veteran of Force 136, the Television 
>      Corporation of Singapore (TCS) has made a television drama series on 
>      the force, entitled 'The Price of Peace' (Heping de Daijia).

Please tell me the author's name and the title of this book.
I have the book "The Jungle is Neutral"  
by F. Spencer Chapman who was the instructor of the MPAJA.
Colonel Chapman stayed with the MPAJA during the occupation.       

>      Some of the members of Force 136 who were captured by the 
>      Japanese were incarcerated in the prison there.

My aunty, who is now about 74, was with the MPAJA for more than 3 years.
She did not go back to the jungle when the emergency started because she
got married after the war. 
 
>      The injured members of the force came out of their 
>      jungle hideout and seek treatment in the clinic in this town.  The 
>      lady doctor Kathigesu who treated them was apprehended and tortured by 
>      the Japanese soldiers.  She did not give away any of her patients and 
>      was later decorated by the British for her bravery after the war 
>      ended.

My aunty told me that she knew this Indian lady doctor who was tortured to
death by the Japanese. Dr Kathigesu's Hakka name was You Loy-De. During
the flim shooting my aunty was there for one day giving a little bit of
advice on the make-up. My aunty was born and grew up in Papan. 
 
>      Papan is practically a dead town with a few shop houses still standing 
>      The building that housed the old clinic is still standing.

Yes, that shop house is still there, my anuty said.
She told me more about herself as a MPAJA.

Sincerely
Yoon-Ngan.