| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_region 
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                                | gptkbp:affects | gptkb:Sook_Ching_massacre forced labor
 food shortages
 economic disruption
 Japanese occupation policies
 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | gptkb:Japanese_government-issued_dollar 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicGroup | gptkb:Chinese gptkb:Indian
 gptkb:Malay
 
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                                | gptkbp:governedBy | gptkb:Japanese_Military_Administration British Military Administration (post-liberation)
 
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                                | gptkbp:invaded | gptkb:Empire_of_Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:invasionBegan | 8 December 1941 
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                                | gptkbp:invasionEnded | 31 January 1942 
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                                | gptkbp:liberatedBy | gptkb:British_forces 
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                                | gptkbp:liberationYear | 1945 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Southeast_Asia 
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                                | gptkbp:majorBattle | gptkb:Battle_of_Singapore gptkb:Battle_of_Jitra
 gptkb:Battle_of_Kampar
 gptkb:Battle_of_Muar
 gptkb:Battle_of_Slim_River
 gptkb:Battle_of_Kota_Bharu
 
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                                | gptkbp:majorCity | gptkb:Kuala_Lumpur gptkb:Singapore
 gptkb:Ipoh
 gptkb:Johor_Bahru
 Penang
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Japanese_invasion_of_Malaya post-war reconstruction
 British surrender at Singapore
 formation of resistance groups
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupationPeriod | 1942–1945 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:British_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:British_Malaya 
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                                | gptkbp:resistantTo | gptkb:Malayan_Peoples'_Anti-Japanese_Army gptkb:Force_136
 
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                                | gptkbp:strategicImportance | control of shipping routes supply of raw materials
 
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                                | gptkbp:strategicResource | gptkb:oil rubber
 tin
 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Malayan_Union 
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                                | gptkbp:wasOccupiedBy | gptkb:Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Japanese_Colony gptkb:Dai_Nippon_Teikoku
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Malaya (during WWII) 
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