Date: November 18th (Mon.), 2013, 12:00 – 13:30 Venue: Tonan-tei (Room No. 201), CSEAS, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University Title: Robbed and Killed: The Impact of the Pacific War and the Japanese Occupation (1941-5) on the Chinese of Borneo Speaker: Prof. OOI Keat Gin, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia Abstract: Drawing from the treatment and experiences during the wartime occupation (1941-5), the Chinese communities in Borneo vis-à-vis the indigenous peoples were adversely impacted. It shall be argued that owing to the attitude and occupation policies of the Japanese military regimes the Chinese in Borneo received the proverbial short straw in being singled out as a community for harsh […]