This photograph shows a scene at one of the mass graves of the Operation Sook Ching victims. A mat is placed on the ground with skulls and bones neatly placed together. A man wearing rubber gloves bent over a metal basin containing muddied water is partially seen, on the left of the picture. This photograph was probably taken in 1966 or 1967. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff.

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All rights reserved. James M. Punter

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
• Personalities>>Biographies>>War Personalities>>War Victims
• Ethnic Communities>>Customs and Traditions
• Exhumation--Singapore--Photographs
• Mass burials--Singapore--Photographs