Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems

Following the Japanese occupation of Malaya, a military administration was established. Led by Japanese military officers, the new administration was assisted by the existing local bureaucracy or administrative machinery of which the Malays were the majority. The expectations of the Japanese authori...

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Main Author:	Fathil, Fauziah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	D204 Modern History
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/1/SEBAHTERA2013_Acceptance_letter.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/16/Abstract_book_cover_001.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/17/SEBAHTERA_2013_Schedule_001_%281%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/18/Abstract_in_Abstract_Book_001.pdf

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spelling	iium-48832016-03-30T09:05:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/ Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems Fathil, Fauziah D204 Modern History Following the Japanese occupation of Malaya, a military administration was established. Led by Japanese military officers, the new administration was assisted by the existing local bureaucracy or administrative machinery of which the Malays were the majority. The expectations of the Japanese authority i.e. to obtain cooperation and loyalty from the locals placed the Malay bureaucrats in a tight position. Having to serve the Japanese masters put the Malay civil officers in a dilemma and caused them to endure some problems. Their reluctance to render cooperation would be seen as unfaithful act and thus, liable to be punished or, worse still, given the multi-racial composition of the Malayan society, might result in the Malays as a group losing their special rights or positions to non-Malays. Yet, to work for the Japanese entailed unwanted perceptions or reactions from among their fellow countrymen that they were seen as collaborators of the Japanese or traitors of their own country. Based primarily on library research this paper aims to analyze the difficult position which the Malays bureaucrats or civil servants during the war years were in and the kind of problems and troubles that they were facing from the Japanese and their fellow countrymen alike, particularly the anti-Japanese Malayan Chinese. Japanese expectations and reasons for their recruitment of Malays as administrators in the first place will also be examined. Finally, the findings will highlight that whatever experienced by the Malay bureaucrats during these years partly contributed to the rise of Malay nationalism in the years that followed the end of Japanese occupation in 1945. 2013-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/1/SEBAHTERA2013_Acceptance_letter.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/16/Abstract_book_cover_001.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/17/SEBAHTERA_2013_Schedule_001_%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4883/18/Abstract_in_Abstract_Book_001.pdf Fathil, Fauziah (2013) Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems. In: Seminar Antarabangsa Pengajian Melayu, 29th-30th August 2013, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	Following the Japanese occupation of Malaya, a military administration was established. Led by Japanese military officers, the new administration was assisted by the existing local bureaucracy or administrative machinery of which the Malays were the majority. The expectations of the Japanese authority i.e. to obtain cooperation and loyalty from the locals placed the Malay bureaucrats in a tight position. Having to serve the Japanese masters put the Malay civil officers in a dilemma and caused them to endure some problems. Their reluctance to render cooperation would be seen as unfaithful act and thus, liable to be punished or, worse still, given the multi-racial composition of the Malayan society, might result in the Malays as a group losing their special rights or positions to non-Malays. Yet, to work for the Japanese entailed unwanted perceptions or reactions from among their fellow countrymen that they were seen as collaborators of the Japanese or traitors of their own country. Based primarily on library research this paper aims to analyze the difficult position which the Malays bureaucrats or civil servants during the war years were in and the kind of problems and troubles that they were facing from the Japanese and their fellow countrymen alike, particularly the anti-Japanese Malayan Chinese. Japanese expectations and reasons for their recruitment of Malays as administrators in the first place will also be examined. Finally, the findings will highlight that whatever experienced by the Malay bureaucrats during these years partly contributed to the rise of Malay nationalism in the years that followed the end of Japanese occupation in 1945.
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author	Fathil, Fauziah
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title	Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems
title_short	Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems
title_full	Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems
title_fullStr	Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems
title_full_unstemmed	Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems
title_sort	malay bureaucracy in japanese administration: japanese expectations, malay dilemmas and problems
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Malay bureaucracy in Japanese administration: Japanese expectations, Malay dilemmas and problems

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