<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngesikhathi amaJapane ehlala eNetherlands East Indies, iRiau yaba enye yezinhloso eziyinhloko okwakufanele ithathwe. Ibutho laseJapane lathatha iRengat ngomhlaka 31 Mashi 1942. Ngokushesha iRiau yonke yaba ngaphansi kokubusa kwamaJapane. Enye yezinto ezasinda ngesikhathi sokubuswa amaJapane, ulayini wesitimela ongamakhilomitha angu-220 ohlanganisa iMuaro Sijunjung eNtshonalanga yeSumatra nePekanbaru, owaziwa nangokuthi i-Pekanbaru Death Railway, manje osushiyiwe. Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu baseRiau aphoqelelwa ukuba asebenze ibutho laseJapane ukuze aqedele lo msebenzi. IJapane yahola ekwakhiweni kukajantshi wesitimela ongamakhilomitha angu-220 osuka ePekanbaru uye eMalacca Strait kusetshenziswa izisebenzi eziphoqelelwe neziboshwa zempi. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kwenziwa izinyanga ezingu-15 ezintabeni, emaxhaphozini nasemifuleni egeleza ngokushesha. Iziboshwa zempi ezingamaDashi ezingaba ngu-6.500 ngokuyinhloko ezazingezase-Indo-Europe nezaseBrithani kanye nama-romusha ase-Indonesia angaphezu kuka-100.000 ngokuyinhloko ayengamaJava zaqoqwa amasosha aseJapane. Lapho lo msebenzi usuphelile ngo-August 1945, cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yeziboshwa zempi zaseYurophu nengxenye yezisebenzi zase-Indonesia zafa. Lo mzila wesitimela uhloselwe ukuba ube yindlela yokuthutha amalahle namasosha asuka ePekanbaru aye eMuaro Sijunjung entshonalanga yeSumatra. Ukwakhiwa komgwaqo wesitimela kwaqedwa ngo-15 Agasti 1945, lapho  <response>: AmaJapane azinikela. Lo mzila wesitimela wasetshenziswa kanye kuphela ukuze kukhishwe iziboshwa zempi kule ndawo, wabe usulahlwa. 