Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Japan yakapinda muChina muna 1937, Lee, uyo aizivikanwa nokuda kwokubatanidzwa kwake neChinese Kuomintang Party, akatungamirira Selangor China Relief Fund mukutsigira China. Gare gare akaitwa Mukuru wePassive Defence Forces yeKuala Lumpur muna 1941. Nemhaka yebasa rake rokurwisana nehondo yeJapan, Lee akamanikidzwa kutiza nemhuri yake kuenda kuMumbai achipfuura nomuChongqing apo mauto eJapan akauya kuzorwisa Japan.
Hondo yakasvika kuMalaya gore iroro uye vaJapan vakamupa mubairo.