Both focused primarily on the activities of Indonesian organizations who were critical of the government, from "loyal" opposition to efforts to overthrow colonial rule.
With imaginative word choices and calculated silences PID men were teased and bullied, to the delight of a sniggering room.
The Gunseibu was a military civilian administration device consisting of technical, economic and legal skilled Japanese officials.
The commander of the occupation army was indeed the head of the military government but left the actual responsibility for the civil administration to his chief of staff.
The military government had the responsibility to maintain order and peace, exploit natural resources in the conquered territories and to make the Japanese occupation forces self-sufficient.
Who for instance ventured to listen to foreign radio broadcasts, had to fear that he would be reported by contingent traitors of the PID.