“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Gunshots rang out in the still of the night. Everybody was terrified. Nobody dared to venture out of the house as the Japanese army had imposed a night curfew.
Early the next morning, Oh Teik Toh heard that a Japanese sergeant had been killed the night before by some communist guerrillas on the outskirts of Kampar town. Soon after, he saw hundreds of Japanese soldiers, with their rifles ready, chasing after some suspected communists fleeing towards the jungle behind his house. Fearful of any stray bullets, Oh shut his doors and windows and stayed indoors.
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