S. C. Goho

[3] In June 1941, he was elected the president of the Singapore Indian Association in place of community leader V. Pakirisamy, who had resigned from the position.

[4] From 1941 to 1942, Goho aided in the evacuation of Indians from Malaya by securing several ships that would travel to India.

[1] During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, he was appointed the president of the local branch of the Indian Independence League.

[12] However, Goho was granted bail on 11 February, with his case being adjourned sine die, after his prosecutor received orders "not to proceed.

The charges against Eurasian community leader Charles Joseph Pemberton Paglar and journalist Abdul Samad bin Haji Ismail were also withdrawn on the same day.

[14] Despite having many supporters in the Serangoon-Katong Area, Goho decided to contest the Rural West Constituency seat of the Legislative Council of Singapore as an Independent in the 1948 Singaporean general election as he wished to prevent "sectarianism, communalism and provincialism" in the elections.