被迫害南大生群英录

Listing of Nantah Students and Graduates
Persecuted by LKY
Compiled by Jiang NanChun (江南春)

In order to eliminate the opposing voices and any obstacles that will prevent the closure of Nantah and eradication of Chinese Education in Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew had planned the persecution of Nantah students since 1959.

This large-scale persecution concluded by the end of 1966, with 100 Nantah students (91 undergraduates and 9 graduates, among them 79 were detained under ISA) being arrested and 328 undergraduates expelled from Nantah (this number includes 298 on the official expulsion lists, the rest were arrested therefore in defacto expelled from Nantah).

The persecuted students were deemed by LKY and Special Branch/ISD as those who post the most threat to LKY and his government. Among the arrested, there were many student who were charismatic leaders with considerable influential power within the school. The persecution of these outstanding students serves as not just as a threat to the rest but also to sabotage the development of Nantah.

The compilation of this list serves a few purposes, firstly, is to produce a historical document for Nantah, and secondly (more importantly) is to to commemorate the forgotten alma mater ━ students who had made sacrifices to safeguard Nantah.

The entries are listed chronologically with only Chinese names, which include the particulars such as the enrolled faculty and department, the batch number (1956 = 1st batch, etc) of the student and his/her contributions at Nantah, and the current status (Unless stated, default residence would be Singapore or Malaysia. Date of deceased will be noted otherwise the person is alive before or on Oct of 2016 when the final draft of listing is concluded)

The list is compiled from old newspapers clippings and official school records of Nantah. However, the 1965 list is an exception, because the list is obviously prepared by ISD which was not released to the media and not even included in Nantah's official minutes.

As there is no access to ISD archives unlike those some so-called "scholars" who are given the privilege to do so, the list was compiled through years of tracking down former students and documentation of their oral records.

As the events occurred so many years ago, the accounts based on memory may not be fully accurate even though efforts have been made to cross check the records.

Much apologies should there be any error in the list and please send me an email for correction. (I have set up jon.sherwin@gmail.com for contact).

There are so many alumni who have helped me over the years, I sincerely thank each and every one of them.

1. This list was first published in the "14th Nantah Re-union (Johor Baru) Special bulletin" using a different title. The publication distributed at the 14th Nantah Re-union (Bali) on Sept 9, 2016.
2. The list was also published on the Nantah alumni website (www.nandazhan.com) with some corrections on Sept 9, 2016.
3. During December of 2016, the list was further corrected under the guidance of a group of Nantah alumni in Singapore.