Title
Internment clothes belonging to Elizabeth Choy
Year/Period
1943
Region
Singapore
Technique
Machine-sewn.
Dimension
Object size: H70 x W66
Accession No.
1992-00211
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Choy
NLB Type
Costume
These were the clothes in which the late Elizabeth Choy, a wartime heroine, endured torture following her arrest in 1943 by the Japanese 'kempeitai' (military police) on suspicion of aiding the British. She was detained at the former YMCA at Orchard Road where she was tortured by the Japanese. She was released after 200 days of detention.
