Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Statement: At first, the Japanese curtailed the privileges of the Malay rulers and forced them to pay homage to the emperor of Japan. Choices: 1. The Japanese did not have an emperor. 2. The japanese were in control of the Malay ruler's privilages 3. Afterword, the japanese didn't care much about their emporer
2