Kaneko Minoru

018
DATE OF CRIMES
February 1945
LOCATION OF CRIMES
Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
DATE OF TRIAL
10, 11, 12 and 13 April 1946
LOCATION OF TRIAL
Singapore
Case Summary

In February 1945, the defendant saw a buffalo belonging to Makundi, a farmer living in Port Blair. The buffalo was eating some shoots in a hospital garden. He shot the buffalo, and together with another Japanese, searched for its owner. Makundi was arrested, taken to the said hospital where he was tied to a pole and beaten by the two Japanese for 2.5 hours. Makundi was beaten unconscious, revived with hot water and beaten again. He died that evening. 

For more information see:

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/4982b0/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/ef7ca1/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/e5cd6a/

Halfway through the trial, the Court requested a change of interpreters, because the previous interpreter's English was "rusty".