| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:murder 
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                                | gptkbp:aftermath | war crimes trials 
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                                | gptkbp:alternativeName | Purge through purification 
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                                | gptkbp:commemoratedBy | gptkb:Civilian_War_Memorial_(Singapore) 
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                                | gptkbp:date | February 1942 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalSignificance | major atrocity during World War II in Southeast Asia 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Malaya gptkb:Singapore
 
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                                | gptkbp:motive | elimination of anti-Japanese elements 
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                                | gptkbp:notableSite | gptkb:Tanah_Merah gptkb:Changi_Beach
 gptkb:Punggol_Beach
 Sentosa
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore 
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                                | gptkbp:perpetrator | gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army 
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                                | gptkbp:target | Chinese population 
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                                | gptkbp:victim | civilians Chinese males aged 18-50
 estimated 25,000 to 50,000
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Southeast_Asian_Theatre_of_World_War_II gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore
 gptkb:Japanese_occupation_(1942-1945)
 gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Malaya
 gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Southeast_Asia
 gptkb:Southeast_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sook Ching massacre 
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