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Q. Who did you employ to do that then?
A.-Chan Cheung.
Q.-The same man who did it before?
A. Yes.
The Chairman.And was it passed then?
A.-Nothing said.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--When you were at the door, did you hear Inspector Lamble speak to the Interpreter ?
HOW.
A.-I did. That was in Heung Lane, No. 2, in the basement.
Q-Not at the door?
A.-No, in the bascinent.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But you said Inspector Lamble never came in the house, just
A.-Well, he came to the door, and it was just the same as the basement. It was the door of the basement, not the door of the place I lived in.
Q.--Have
you whitewashed your house since then?
A.I have called someone myself to do it.
Q. What man passed it for you since?
A. The same man.
Q.-And has Lamble been inspecting it ever since ?
A. Yes.
-Yes. He came and made trouble and said, the cubicles had to be taken down.
I said if it was not according to regulations, I would take it down.
Q. When was this?
A.
-4th moon of this year.
Q.---And what did you do then?
A.-
I said "What do you say is not according to law, and I will do it". There was a cloth hanging up hiding the women's place, and he took his hand and pulled it down.
Q.-Did he tear it down,-damage it?
A. Yes, he tore it pulling it down.
Q. What did you do? Did you put it up again?
A.
-I said "You need not do that. If it is not according to law, you tell me to pull it down".
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What did he say ?.