{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q14874450",
    "slug": "kempeitai-east-district-branch",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kempeitai-east-district-branch",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14874450",
    "name": "Kempeitai East District Branch",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "일본 헌병대 동부 지구 지부",
    "name_ja": "憲兵隊東支部",
    "name_zh_hans": null,
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "historic-site",
    "heritage": "Historic Site",
    "planning_area": "Museum",
    "address": "Junction of Fort Canning Road and Orchard Road, beside YMCA, 1 Orchard Road, Singapore 238824",
    "lat": 1.297451,
    "lng": 103.848535,
    "position_source": "NHB",
    "official_url": null,
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "bencoolen",
      "name": "Bencoolen Station",
      "name_ja": "ベンクーレン",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/bencoolen",
      "straight_line_m": 227
    },
    "description_en": "The original building, the YMCA, was used by the East Branch of the Kempeitai (Japanese Military Police) during the Japanese Occupation. Local anti-Japanese suspects were imprisoned and tortured for information here. The building was pulled down in 1981.",
    "description_ko": "원래 건물인 YMCA는 일본 점령기에 켐페이타이(일본 헌병대) 동부 지부로 쓰였어요. 이곳에서 현지의 항일 혐의자들이 갇혀 정보를 캐내기 위한 고문을 당했어요. 건물은 1981년에 철거됐어요.",
    "description_ja": "元の建物であるYMCAは、日本占領期に憲兵隊（日本軍の軍事警察）の東支部として使われました。地元の抗日容疑者がここに投獄され、情報を引き出すために拷問を受けました。建物は1981年に取り壊されました。",
    "description_zh_hans": "原有建筑YMCA在日据时期被日本宪兵队（Kempeitai）东区分部使用。本地抗日嫌疑人曾被关押在此，并遭受酷刑逼供。该建筑于1981年被拆除。",
    "description_zh_hant": "原有建築YMCA在日據時期被日本憲兵隊（Kempeitai）東區分部使用。本地抗日嫌疑人曾被關押在此，並遭受酷刑逼供。該建築於1981年被拆除。",
    "sources": [
      "National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (SODL v1.0)",
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": null,
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "bencoolen",
      "exit": "C",
      "straight_line_m": 86
    },
    "areas": [
      {
        "slug": "civic-district",
        "name": "Civic District",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/areas/civic-district",
        "straight_line_m": 740
      }
    ],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q632689",
        "slug": "national-museum-of-singapore",
        "name": "National Museum of Singapore",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/national-museum-of-singapore",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 88
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7983969",
        "slug": "wesley-methodist-church-singapore",
        "name": "Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/wesley-methodist-church-singapore",
        "category": "church",
        "straight_line_m": 116
      },
      {
        "id": "Q28419227",
        "slug": "orchard-road-presbyterian-church",
        "name": "Orchard Road Presbyterian Church",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/orchard-road-presbyterian-church",
        "category": "church",
        "straight_line_m": 134
      },
      {
        "id": "nhb-87f3b2c8",
        "slug": "japanese-propaganda-department",
        "name": "Japanese Propaganda Department",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/japanese-propaganda-department",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 214
      },
      {
        "id": "Q5052142",
        "slug": "former-cathay-building",
        "name": "Former Cathay Building",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/former-cathay-building",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 222
      },
      {
        "id": "Q2577683",
        "slug": "maghain-aboth-synagogue",
        "name": "Maghain Aboth Synagogue",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/maghain-aboth-synagogue",
        "category": "synagogue",
        "straight_line_m": 247
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}