Mori Mitsuzo

Case Summary

The defendant Mitsuzo Mori was a civilian employee of the Kinjohan Company and was the supervisor of 64 Kilo Camp, a work camp on the Burma-Siam Railway. He was charged with the illtreatment of the 400 Asian coolies under his supervision which had lead to the deaths of approximately 50 of them through poor living conditions, the witholding of rations from them and beatings. The court found him guilty of illtreatment but did not find him responsible for the deaths. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.

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http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/65a96c/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/d9147e/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/1ace80/

http://www.legal-tools.org/doc/53d458/

The defendant, Mitsuzo Mori was a civilian contractor working with the Kinjohan Company, an engineering company assisting with the railway's construction.

The name of the work camp is "64 Kilo Camp", derived from the name covention at that time where those who worked on the Death Railway from the Burma end used the distance from Base Thanbyuzayat as camp names.