This picture is took at Elizabeth Choy's house on may18,2006.

Another Article-

"War heroine Elizabeth Choy dies at 96."

By Joyce Fang. The Straits Times, 14 Sep 2006.

SINGAPORE'S war heroine Elizabeth Choy died at about 2pm on Thursday, weeks after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

96-year-old Mrs Choy found out about her cancer when she went to the doctor a few weeks ago as she could not eat.

Mrs Choy was jailed and tortured by Japanese soldiers for helping British prisoners of war (POWs) during the Japanese Occupation.

She was starved and subjected to electric shocks and other forms of torture for passing food, medicine and messages to British POWs.

In the 1950s, Mrs Choy also made history by becoming Singapore's first woman legislator.

She later left politics to head the Singapore School for the Blind.

The principal of the School, Mr Koh Poh Kwang said he was shocked by the news of her death.

He said, "I know Mrs Elizabeth Choy as a very caring person she was still around. She was indeed a very wonderful and caring lady."

Her wake is held at St Andrew's Cathedral and her body will be cremated on Saturday.

About the circumstances surrounding her arrest and detention:

'During WWII, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour on 27 September, 1943 - Operation Jaywick had been successful and the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs, Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos.

In retaliation, detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp and some hapless members of the public were singled out for punishment. The kempeitai (secret police) tortured and threatened the internees and during these sessions, found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator, Choy Khun Heng, Elizabeth Choy's husband.

Choy Khun Heng was arrested on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She would spent 193 days and nights in a 3m x 4m cell with only a narrow air-vent on one wall, no windows and crammed with twenty others, mostly local and some foreigners, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.

The interrogations were initially frequent, taking place any time of the day or night, alternating between civil and beastly behaviour and demanding for names of collaborators. Elizabeth Choy was slapped, kicked and spat at and subjected to electric shocks leaving her with a life-long fear of electricity.

"During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." Elizabeth Choy "... could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors."

Despite the severe torture, she always walked back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. She was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.''