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JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL TAKUNADA. SEPTEMBER 1945, HONG KONG
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Takahashi SAKAI [1887-1946]

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Takashi Sakai was an Officer of the Japanese Army. 

He led the attack on Hong Kong in December 1941.  From 25 December 1941 to 20 February 1942, he was the Governor of Hong Kong (under Japanese occupation). 

In 1946, he was arrested and extradited to China. He was accused at the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal and was sentenced to death for his responsibility for murdering Chinese civilians. He was executed by firing squad on September 30, 1946.

Hong Kong’s War Crimes Trials Collection

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In 2008, the HK goverment funded a project to research Hong Kong’s War Crimes Trials conducted in the years 1946-1948. A total of 46 cases with 123 accused persons were studied. An overwiew of this project can be found here.

Of special interest might be the case WO235/1012:

In this case five Japanese officers were charged to have committed war crimes:

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