A sensation has been caused in Singapore by police enquiries into the activities of certain Japanese.
There is great public interest in the present doings of the political Intelligence branch of the local police and, although the. authorities are reticent, it i5 generally believed that espionage is involved in the matter.
The first intimation of something amiss came on Thursday with a notice of the death of Mr. ¥. Nishimura, managing director of the Ishthara /Sangyo Kashi, Ltd, and president of the Singapore Japanese Society, in the oles of the special branch of the police.
Mr. Nishimura had called there for questioning concerning the who abouts of a mysterious bag belonging to a Japanese who had visited Singapore early in the week. Two minutes after entering the office he fell dead, An autopsy is now being held, and the result is not yet known.
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