During the japanese colonial period in indonesia, not only local resident who became prisoners of war the coutnry was niknamed " Sunrise" it. One of the residents of foreign nationaly who had been a prisoner of the japanese it is muriel stuart walker, better know by the name of his bali, k'tut voila,
k'tut that support the indonesian people in achieving independence, was caught by the kempeitai ( military police units owned japan), when she was hading in the home of noblemans residence in solo, previously it k'tut already worrying the existence of japans efforts to arrest him because he help the people of indonesia in the fight againts the invaders. because of that he then fled to solo from surabaya, By the japanese army, buit the existence of k'tut in solo knowing by japan. resulting in evening k'tut room was searched by the kempeitai. without explanation, the kempeitai entered the room and took some letters and documents, including also an american passport he had taken by force by the kempeitai.
k'tut that forcibly taken to a prison in kediri. k'tut live in cell conditions are so poor, the beds were just dirty mats, pillows made of straw which became the vermin nesting and the toilet are simply holes in the ground floor with ubcket of dirty water on the side. for any business meals prisoners were only fed once every two days in the form of a handful of rice with salt, at the first week in cell to make weight k'tut down almost 5 kilograms.
wishing to take a shower seemed to be impossible for the prisoners, to simply wash your face and comb, into tings that cannot be done. not to mention when trying to urinate there is no possibility to close themselves off from seeing by the others. squalor and starvation became japans main weapon in breaking the spirit of the prision with there expectation then the japanes officers who then plied k'tut with question
Then they said the reason they catch k'tutis because he was a US spy
" american secret agent! i almost laughed, half dead when he was not frightened at the time, " said k'tut in narrating the reaction at the time when it was accused of spying for the united states in his autobiography, entitled revolt in paradise.
k'tut later explained that she did not have a realtionsip with anything realted to the spy united states, k'tut no stasfactory answer from japanese officer in the room, one of the officers then ordered k'tut to open the cloths, but because it is only glued heard that command, then a young lieutenant came to k'tut up torn clothes.. " stand in one leg, "said the officers and he slapped for not obeying irders it immediately.
A few days after the first day of the examination, K'tut then herded back examination room. A Japanese officer said that they had arrested a Chinese spy in Surabaya, which is actually a friend K'tut. However K'tut admitted to not recognize it, once again the Japanese side was not satisfied with the answer K'tut so they keep asking diiriigi with bamboo sticks. But with help feeling the burden, K'tut still claim to know the Chinese people. After being hit with a bamboo all-out, then K'tut returned to the cell. The day after that K'tut every day escorted to the examination room, and every day he was stripped naked and asked various questions concerning the involvement of the United States in Indonesia. An officer even admitted the information they can about the question comes from a friend K'tut suspected by the Japanese as a spy. K'tut even given a signed affidavit that the Chinese people. But before K'tut and theme agreed to make certain signs their signature so that their signatures are not easily faked. So when I heard that the Japanese army recognition, K'tut asked to see the letter and found out that the letter is false and only a trick of Japan to make K'tut claimed.
In addition to the false letter, the Japanese side also offered bogus documents which it is mentioned from the US secret service and their recognition that contains the secret agent K'tut is US envoy. "Counterfeiting is so obvious, that I almost burst out laughing," said the ruse ketut committed by Japanese soldiers. Examination by-examination continued for about ten to fourteen days, those days K'tut say as an experience that is so terrible. Then one day the Japanese patience is running out, K'tut then threatened with being stripped naked and herded around the Kediri if not admitted.
The threat was K'tut regarded only as a bluff, but in fact Japan did not mess around. Because do not want to confess later K'tut accompanied by a soldier who followed from behind, thrusting his bayonet toward ketut and while hair is pinned K'tut large piece of paper that read "American spy" surround Kediri with a naked condition. Local people who were on the highway, so look at the state K'tut immediately ran helter-skelter by fear into their homes each for not unusual to see a sight like that. Which remain on the highway just Japanese soldiers and K'tut the naked and bruised and filthy. After seeing that effort wasted, the Japanese army K'tut then put back into his cell and beat him back, then let K'tut suffered in his cell. But actually the Japanese soldiers still have mercy, after getting tired of torturing K'tut without any result, they began to K'tut mushy. None of them then offer decent food, although they had K'tut eat in front of the Japanese people who just beat him to just bite K'tut vomiting, then one of the officers approached K'tut with pity face then feeding and stroking -elus hair Then there is also a desire for a shower today also true for K'tut, he offered for a hot shower in a bathhouse, although was noticed by two soldiers who peek, then no menghiraukanya K'tut and do something that he can not do as long as he are in prison.
After about three weeks of examination and torture that took place almost every day, Japan later freed K'tut. But before he was offered by a Japanese officer to work against the United States by becoming a broadcaster to broadcast devoted to the United States.Of the work was K'tut can earn money, nice homes, cars, and other luxury items. But all that K'tut rejected and he then left prison and then he remembered as a period of the most suffered in his life
