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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1947.
DETECTIVE Aberdeen Bribe Case Allegations
ON TRIAL
Disbelieved
Assault In
•
A plea that he had brought Court: Couple
Bound Over
his junk to Hong Kong for the first thno, after a change of cwnership, to get it licensed, was net accepted by Mr. J. Jolly, yesterday Marine Magistrate,
A caso in which a rice dealer. when he fined Chul Mun, the his wife and foki were charged coxswain, $100 for operating an with assaulting Cheung Kl-cheong, unlicensed Junk and $50 for hav-eierk of Mr, Sheldon's Court, on ing no certificated engineer un March 11, come to an end at board."
Central yesterday when they were Sub-Inspector Brown the bound over In the sum of $50 Water Palice. prosecuting, maid each for 12 months by Mr_Sains- the Junk was regularly on the run bury. between Macao and Hong Kong evidently engaged in smuggling, and it was apprehended off Tsun
Following allegations that he had demanded money from the "Kai Fongs" of Aberdeen, saying that it was for the inspector, before a theatrical performance could be permitted, Tsan Wing-hong, a detective attached to the Aberdeen Police station, appeared before Mr. E. H. Williams at the Criminal Sessions yes- terday charged with demanding $1,500 with menaces or attempting to obtain that sum on May 27, 1946, at Aberdeen from Li King-lan. Accused was defended by M of the Kai Fongs, and it was de-Wan the, morning of April 15. M. A. da Silva while the proven clied thify op"mament was to be Uon was conducted by Mr. Clif-made 19"the" nevaded, ford, nisfèd by Mr F W. Shaf
Superintendent of
| taiu.
Police.
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Outlining his case, Mr. Clifford
anid:
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Too Public
"Evidently this policy of put- ting the whole subjret under issue and in enlisting the support of
ANOTHER "FRIEND"
Arrested by Detective Cheng Ming in the act of offering four KCR third, class tickets for sale All the Kai Fongs made the mat at $10 each at 7.15 aun. yester- "In Pobrodre 1946, it was des
for ton philic, for the recuerd, and day, To Kai-cheung was later in rided by the Kai Pongs of Aborth entistings of the powerful sup-the morning fined $75 by Mr. W. deen to hold a theatrical perfon-port made the accused deelde to H. Latimer. Defendant's plea nner which is a customary pers drop the matter, because on the was that he bought for tickets formave hebt every year And |second nigght of the performance, for a fehend" and that he did lasting four to five days.. and accused cuine to see Wong and
not offer them for sale. matshed was envoted for this pur-sald With reference to the $300 pose. Before the performing
day. the Inspector-understands started, however, accused cane and says there is no need to pay
BAIL ESTREATED the ship of one"Wong Chi-chemoney. and said:" "Ah Wong, the Ihr Panz
The Frusccution therefore de-
Chan Puk, 37, of 11-Des Voeux want to hdd a theatrical formance and the Tisperter want the weldenre of Won: Hoad Central, falied to appear in the Chairman and the Vice Central Court before Mr. Shel. SHOO day. Wong Chi-kean!
Chairman of the Kai Fanses. All don when he was charged with was unwilling to my but said that these men are independent wit.
having 210 boxes pisten dings he would discuss the mutter with
nesang and none of them accou the Kal. Fongs and he therefore pliers since they have all repeat on board the as. "Van Houtsz!! spoke to the Chairman 14 Kane edly refizerd to psy, and in the and not declaring them on the iami and Vier-Chiärman (Your Submission <? the Prosecution manifest, and trying to export Defendant's Posh of the Kni. Fengs månd
none has an axe to grind, any prohibited, exports. this matter.
$250 ball was estreated: object in maligning the accused.
Further, had thele obiret been this, would they have
dared to have ratled two full meetings of the Kai Fone? This shows very plainly that they at least took the
ter seriously w were satisfying a private grudge
The following evening, accused came again to the shop and aske! di*. Wone Chi-keung the Ind
resed the matter with the Kal Fongs. Wong replied that had spoken
inth Chairn Vice-ChairmND.. Acuerd the
The Sit Pa Chau went to faurant and Wang went to get
the Chairman
Junch Vice-Chair-
!
Triad Society
to
The alleged assault took place in Court following a case in which the couple were ordered to return in four-year-old child, whom, they had cared for since June, 1946, to his natural mother.
Following police action charg ing the defendants with assault, ing Cheung, the woman defendant Issued a cross-summons' of assault against the court clerk.
Representing the defendants, Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios yesterday told His Worship that he had now been instructed to withdraw the summons and to plead technically guilty on their Lehalf.
Mr. Remedios sild a reprimand from the Magistrate would serve the purpose, as the couple hud boch terribly uprot by Mr,-Shol- den's judgment against them.
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On behalf of his clients. Mr. Remedios also apologised to the Crown and the Court.
Remarking that In view Mr. Remedlog plea and of the fact that the clerk did not celve serious injuries, Mr. Sains. bury said that he would bind them | over for 12 months to keep peace und good order.
The defendants
Chiu connection Luk-lin, rien dealer, his wife, Lee and there can be no between the Chairman and Vice-Yvental, and his toki, Chiu Ming. Chairman of the Kal Fongs and alt f 40 Cross Street, the Trind Society.
"Purfler, accused has produced nennent which the Prosecution
will allege is n bugun document "It is for the Prosecutkun
and which the Defence in their
were
HEALTH RETURN
Health
00 cases.. (34
2 cases (1 death) of re.
returns for the period man, and took them to the restauranticipate to a certain extent the
show April 6th-12th show that in Hong rant when he traduced the ac case for the Defence and it ap cross-examination seek to cused to them. A dispassion then pears from the cross-examination was a subscription list of the Kong. there were took place about this payment. in the Lower Court that the De-members of the Triad Society,deaths) of tuberculosis, 55 enses (5 deaths) of cerebro-spinal fence will alleges ennnection be- who had been bantslied.
"The Prosecution will produce "Mutual Good" iween Wong and a Triad Society
members of which the accused had the persong nagied in the list, who ingilis, 9 cases (1 deaths) of *The Chaiman, Vice-Chairman arrested and were banished, but will state that at no time have lapsing fever and 1 case (1 death)
subscribed to any Buch of smallpox. rase the Prosecution will they this Land Wong Chi-keong will be bitt
fore the Court and will desertte not depend on the evidence of abject •
After Evidence by Li King-lam. this discussion. During this diss Wong, since he was only the per-
Was adjourned til eussion, acensed claimed that the son who introduced the accused the hearing
to the Kai Fongs' representatives. this morning. $300 was to be given to the In- spector and that he was merely a
zeman.
"The Kai Fongs objected to this payment on the grounds, firstly, that it was too much, and second- ly that it was impossible to mee count for the payment of such a sum in' their book.
TRUMAN ADVANCES A
NEW PLAN
Washington, Apr. 15.. President Truman today followed up his "quaran- tine Communism" proposal with a special message to Congress requesting authority to put an embargo on the shipment of American arms and other warmaking materials to would- be aggressor states.
"Accused then pointed out that n theatrien performance had been stopped at Stanley and naked whether their functionaries wis led to get inte dieulties? Acetor! further stated that it would be ta their mutual good to
the money. In view of the fact that the accused is a policeman and That he was alleging to speak on behalf of the Police, it is not fi ficult to see what menares was He employed in this conversation an how he was trying to put pressure to bear on the payment of such a large um, which was in no way lue to the Poller,
warned that American weapons must never again be permitted to fall into the hands of a potential enemy and asked revision of the 1939 Neutrality Act to prevent a recurrence of the wide-open munitions traffic which helped to "Accused then suggested
that
arm Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbour. the Kai Fanga discuss the mat-
themselves.
He pointed out that undor the President Truman said that if Next
United Law, the ter. amongst
ever again become, Neutrality morning à Committer Meeting of War should! the Kai Fongs was held. nt which imminent, it would be intolerable States cannot. forbid the export of meeting it was decided not to pay to "And ourselves in our present arms to any foreign country, even unless such ahip. our an agerRAMOT, Further, a letter was written to position of being bound by
Lawn legislation to give aid andments would violate an existing Sir Showson Chow, when
On his re support to any King-lam went to see.
power which treaty.
Authoritative sources said the turn, a general meeting was called might later attack us,”
proposal also would serve notice that the United States would not necessarily follow an impartial course in future conflicts between other nations, but would cut off American aid to the aggressor.
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The President mentioned specific countries which might ba hit by the arms ban, but it ap- peared aimed at the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations whose policies have been de- nounced publicly by the Acting Mr. Dean Secretary of State, Acheson as "aggressive and ex- Landing."
Mr. Truman advanced his now foreign policy plan as both Houses. of Congress moved into high gear on the earlier proposal to quaran tine Communism in the Middle East by pumping US$400,000,000 worth of US arms and money in- to Greecs and Turkey.
The Senate showed overy ilkell hood that the measure would be passed, this week, while the House Foreign Affairs Committee pro- mised to finish drafting its own version tomorrow and bring it to the floor for debate as soon as the Houso finishes action on the pending US$150,000,000
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