Kokubo Nagataro and others

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DATE OF CRIMES
Between 1942 and 1945
LOCATION OF CRIMES
Kilo, Chungkai and Nakon Nyok POW camps, Siam (present-day Thailand)
DATE OF TRIAL
23, 29 June 1946
1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 July 1946
LOCATION OF TRIAL
Singapore
Case Summary

The defendants were charged for the illtreatment of British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war in Siam (present-day Thailand), that led to the deaths of some and bodily suffering to others. 

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http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/f9dcfe/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/80540a/

Nobomutsu Takayama was spared from execution on what seemed to be a case of mistaken identity - while he was found guilty by the court, the post-trial JAG review report stated that that the person referred to in the affidavits tendered by the prosecution was another Korean named Takayama Takamitsu.