<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yokurwiswa kweDutch East Indies neJapan, Riau yakava imwe yenzvimbo huru dzaifanira kukundwa. Mauto eJapan akatora Rengat musi wa31 March 1942. Riau yose yakakurumidza kuva pasi pokutonga kweJapan. Chimwe chezvisaririra zvebasa reJapan mutsara wechitima wemakiromita mazana maviri nemakumi maviri unobatanidza Muaro Sijunjung muWest Sumatra nePekanbaru, unozivikanwawo sePekanbaru Death Railway uyo wasiyiwa zvino. Mazana ezviuru zvavanhu veRiau vakamanikidzwa kushanda neuto reJapan kupedza iri basa. Japan yakatungamirira kuvakwa kwemakiromita 220 enjanji kubva kuPekanbaru kuenda kuMalacca Strait ichishandisa basa rokumanikidzirwa nevasungwa vehondo. Kuvandudza uku kwakaitwa kwemwedzi 15 nomumakomo, matope uye nzizi dzinoyerera nokukurumidza. Vasungwa vehondo vechiDutch vanosvika 6 500 vazhinji vavo vaiva vaIndo-Europe uye vokuBritain pamwe chete navaIndonesia vanopfuura 100 000 vaRomusha vazhinji vavo vaiva vaJava vakaunganidzwa nemauto eJapan. Pakapedzwa basa racho muna August 1945, vanenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chevasungwa vehondo vokuEurope uye vanopfuura hafu yevatakuri veIndonesia vakafa. Njanji yacho yakagadzirirwa kutakura marasha nemasoja kubva kuPekanbaru kuenda kuMuaro Sijunjung kumadokero kweSumatra. Kuvakwa kwenjanji kwakapedzwa musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu 1945, apo  <response>: VaJapan vakapa mapfumo pasi. Njanji iyi yakangoshandiswa kamwe chete kuunza vasungwa vehondo kunze kwenharaunda yacho, uye ipapo yakasiyiwa. 