Heart and Soul: Paradise or concentration camp?

Sometimes, when villagers went to draw water from the river, they were attacked by crocodiles. Illustration: The Star/Foo Chern Hwan

Father cringed at the way the British blatantly manipulated the facts. For instance, the colonial government attempted to portray the new villages as a paradise with modern facilities such as piped water and electricity.

It also boasted of a central kitchen which provided cooked food for the villagers.