70 years ago on this date, September 26, 1946, a Korean-Japanese General, Hong Sa-Ik, was executed by hanging in Manila, Philippines.
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Lieutenant General Hong Sa-ik |
Hong Sa-ik (4 March 1889 – 26 September 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the top-ranking ethnic Korean in Japan to be charged with war crimes relating to the conduct of the Empire of Japan in World War II.