Part 10/13:
The resistance persisted despite overwhelming odds. Sin Ern's grandfather, a young resistance fighter, was involved in covert operations—writing coded prescriptions and sabotaging Japanese economic systems by flooding Malaya with counterfeit currency, fueling inflation and economic destabilization.
Another compelling narrative involves Shinzaki Mamuru, a Japanese military adviser who, despite being imprisoned as a suspected spy, secretly helped prisoners and local civilians. His mixed actions—prisoner, collaborator, rescuer—highlight the complex morality of war.