1.
MLV VALLEY WHICH CONTAINS MASS GRAVE
0.08

2.
MLV WORKERS EXHUMING REMAINS
0.11

3.
MV CLOSER VIEW... (2 SHOTS)
0.16

4.
CU POURING WATER ON HARDENED ON HARDENED EARTH
0.23

5.
MV ONLOOKERS
0.24

6.
CU UNEARTHING
0.27

7.
CU DIGGING
0.33

8.
CU TWO SKELETONS
0.37

9.
CU PAN... SKULL WITH BULLET HOLE
0.43

10.
CU UNEARTHING MORE REMAINS
0.46

11.
MCU TWO SKELETONS
0.48

12.
CU DIGGERS EXAMINE PERSONAL EFFECTS (2 SHOTS)
0.57

13.
CU BULLETS
1.01

14.
CU DIGGER
1.02

15.
CU ZOOM.. IN BUNCH OF KEYS
1.08

16.
CU ANOTHER DIGGER
1.09

17.
C BONES AN SKULLS
1.12

18.
CU EARTHEN JARS CONTAINING REMAINS
1.15

19.
CU DIGGER PICKS UP SKILL
1.20

20.
MLV ROWS OF JARS
1.23

21.
CU ANOTHER DIGGER PICKS UP SKILL, TOWARDS JAR AND PUTS IT INSIDE
1.37



Initials RGM/V/MGT/EC



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Background: A MASS GRAVE CONTAINING MORE THAN 2,000 BODIES OF THE VICTIMS OF A JAPANESE MASSACRE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HAS BEEN UNCOVERED PLACED INTO INDIVIDUAL EARTHENWARE JARS WITH - WHERE POSSIBLE - NAMES WRITTEN OUTSIDE BEFORE REBURIAL.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE GRAVE WAS PASSED TO SINGAPORE'S CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BY A MAN WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 23 FEBRUARY 1942.

SINCE 1962, THE CHINESE CHAMBER HAVE EXHUMED MASS GRAVES AT MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT SITES IN SINGAPORE. THE REMAINS ARE BEING HELD FOR BURIAL UNDER A MEMORIAL TO CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION, STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO FAR, IT IS ESTIMATED, THE REMAINS OF MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND.

THE LATEST DISCOVERY SHOWED THAT MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAD BEEN SHOT. SKULLS WERE BULLET-RIDDLED.