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“FAY” AGAIN IN WITNESS-BOX
QUESTIONED REGARDING FUNG'S
LOVE AFFAIRS.
FURTHER EVIDENCE IN VILLAGE ROAD MURDER CASE.
The case in which Cheng Kwok Yau in charged with procur. ing the murder of George Fung on March 24 was continued be. fore Mr. Wynne Joues at Central Magistracy yesterday, when the principal witness enlled was Lai Ming Fai (Fay) who was cross-examined at some length, by counsel for the defence, Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton.
In the course of her auswers to Mr. Bratton, witness said that she was shown an anonymous letter which someone had writ ten to the accused regarding her association with Fung. Witness was naked if she agreed that whoever had written those letters must have had a grudge either hinst her or Fung, and sho agreed.
Fung's association with other women ware brought up by Mr. Bratton who asked witness" many questions in connection with it. Mr. Brutton mentioned a fight in Fang's, house in Waterloo Road. over a woman,, but witness said she had no knowledge of such an incident.
FIVE CENTS LEFT IN HER PURSE.
Commencing his cross-examina- Practically tion of Lai Ming Fai (Fay), Mr. daily. Hali Brutton asked:- Are you! known by any other name besides Lai Ming Fai?-I am known also us Mimi Lee.
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once
or
daily - No.
Almost daily ---Abent twice a week ht first.
May we take it that you met him daily after he fell in love with you Are you also known as Lan Muijand you'with, him 1--That was after Chu-My father calls me that. ten mouths and Miss A bad" re-i
It is a name for "daughter" in earned to Shanghai, Harian.
woman- lady -There wne no i fight,
I am asking you if you know thore was a fight I don't.
Do you mean to say you never heard of it -No.
I mention the names to you,
do you think you will know --I
FLY,
The fight was between Fung and
a man named Ip Tai Kwong I know Ip Tai Kwong.
Do you know Ip Tai Kwong's wife or lady friend, by the manse of Tom Shiu Yung-You.
You know, don't you, that Ip Tai Kwong objected to the intimacy be tween this lady and Fang I don't believe that. It is untrue.
Fight In Waterloo Road. So much so that there was a fight| Waterloo Road and Fang, got | the beat of it-I don't believe ih because he WAS on, fairly good terms, with Ip Tai Kwong.
Up to when 1-Up to the time Ip left for, Shanghai,
Yes, shortly after this fight, Ip Tai Kwong sailed for Shanghai and took the lady with him 1-In went to Shanghai because he was heavily in debt.
I did not say because of that;
I said shortly after the fight he left for Shanghai taking the lady with him That is right.
Mr. Brutton then handed up a photo to witness and asked: By
And that was Miss Bessie Au?what
And on the stage, by what aurpe) Yes." ara you known?-Lai Ming Fai.
How did the necused adhdress you -May.
That troupe that you came to Hong Kong with first did you give, as the name of it-Chung Wah Ko Mo Tui (Chinese Singing and Dancing Troupe). “
Is that composed of professionals? -YCH.
And in Singapore and the F.M.S. and so on, you were playing for -profit Yea
Not for charity -We worked for charity when performed in Hong Kong. but not in Singa-
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Did you perform in Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh --Yes.
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name did you know that ladyHer name is May. She is from Singapore.
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And all these meetings you kept Have you ever seen her before 7- secret. from the accused; Cheng; I think I have seen her once.
Hus she That is No.
ADY other Connia. «..
Any other name -I don't know. Holen 7-I don't know.
Now, you know that he received Anonymous letters about you and Fang- know that.
In fact he showed you the letters, didn't he 1-Yes.
And you denied the truth of the allegations in these letters -Ho himself would not believo it.
Did you also lead him to believe that there was nothing in the letters 7-That is' so."
Sho must have another name be pnd May and Connie - donij know.
Where did you meet hert-I met her once or twice in Shangbai. With whom 1-George Fung. When was that 1--In 1930. Did you meet her at the Burring These letters were received after ton Hotel - met her as the Majes- you had removed to 30, Village tic when the accused gave a tea Road-Yes.
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Be was providing you money 7-Yen.
And your personal bills were being sent to him at the Kweng Hoi Kee 7 in-Yes.
He was also taking care of your
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And she was invited because ahe WRA a friend or Fung's 1-Yes.
You know, of course, that she and Tang were living together -Yes.
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Did y personally dance in private gardens and private house
No, not even personally.
Do you know man by the name
of Lok Wan Wei-No
cousins, the Yiks. He was paying their penses and looking after them -They did not spend much; they had money themselves.
Anyhow, he whe putting them up and paying the expenses of the Aus
Do you know Chan Pui Eung?-at, the Hotel Cecil-Do you mean
NO.
Do you know Lam Luk King ?--- No.
Do you know Chan Chi Hang?— The name is rather familiar but don't know whether have met the
!man.
You have never met the other three persons 1--I have never known them or seen their names before.
Met Fung in Hong Kong. Did you meet George Fung while you were in Kuala Lumpur or Ipoh cr Singapore?-No.
You met him in Hong Kong first and you any you saw him again in Shanghai 7-Yes.
He was known to your father -- No, he was not known to my father. Do you mean your father never met George Fung-When Fung called on me, father was not at
home.
So that you frat really got to know George Fung when you came down here in February, 1931 --- That was not the first time.
I mean, when-you really got to! know him 3-Yen.
Did you know him well before that -No
"You Itnew him fairly well before you met him here in February, 1931 1-1 associated with him ne an ordinary friend before I came here in February, 1931.
this year or last year
Does is matter which I don't know.
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don't know.
Did you know her in Singapore 7-- No.
How did you know she came from Singapore 7-The accused told me.
You did not learn it from Fung "-- No.
Girl Send Money to Fang?
Do you know that this girl you speak of as Conpie or May was in the habit of sending money fre quently to Fung ?--I don't know.
Do you know that since you knew Fung in Hong Kong this girl had been sending leim moneg -1 don't know..that.
Is it not a fact that when the Misses.Yik came down the Misses Au had to move out and went to the Ceil Hotel 1--That was so.
So that they moved out to make room for your cousins, the Misses
Would you be surprised to know Vik -Sc. Miss An had plenty of friends and it was not convenient, that right up to February this year, for her to live in Village Road and this lady had sent money to Fung i- she wanted to live in the Cecil I would be surprised and I won't
believe it. Hotel
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Would you be surprised to hear that a fortnight before the murder
Anyhow, Cheng paid the penses?-Perbaps ho did.
detually you know he did, don't Connie Chan was in Hong Kong und that she met Fung I have not you ?--Yes, he did.
the least isen about that.
Have you no idea who sent the anonymous letters ?-No,
Whoever had written these letters, must have had a grudge against
Anonymous Latters.
There were more than one anony- mous letter Only one.
You don't know that Fung met this girl Connie -I don't kebw.
Did you know that she had sent
you and against Fung --Yes, that him money this year to oyable him must be so,
to go to Singapore I don't know it sind I won't believe i
And if he did not go to Singapore this lady we goining up to see Fung herself I don't know that. Two, I think --Perhaps.
Do you mean to say that Fung. You know they were not given to never mentioned to you anything you 1-I forget."
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Connie and Bessio.
During the time that you knew You told me just now that Fung Fung in Hong Kong, had he any asked you not to worry about employment at all ---I know that he Connie because he had forgotten had a job with a European cinema.. all about her; when was this -Be- When asked what sinema shve re- inre Bessie Au went to Shanghai. ferred to, witness said that it was
How did Connie's name come up not actually a cinema but a 6m then I asked him, where is distributing company. He was with Connie now," and he said she had these people several months but she did not know whether they had on gone to Singapore.
Why did you ask thas question - offics or that Fung did any work.
He earned no money at all, did I was joking with him.
But he told you not to worry 1-he-He must have, otherwise be Perhaps he thought I would be would have had no money to spend. jealous.
There must be some reason for it if you were going to be jealous ?- There was no reason at all
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·Spent $100 a Day, S About this time, you spent a hundred dollars a day, you know—
This nmah that was called just now, did you see her ?-Yes,
Is she known as Le Sau 1-I used to call her "amah, “
Ah Ko or Ah Kau-" Amah Kau!
Intimacy between Connie and I never spent $100 a day, oven in- about this girl since February, Fung must have been rather great cluding goods taken on credit, Let me remind you that there 19317 Yer he had mentioned if you thought of her for a whole- were two letters and both were Connie to me, but he said he had handed to you and you kept them 1 forgotton all about her and asked year-I can't say.
Intimacy between Fang and this You mean going to dances and I am not sure whether there were me not to worry about her,' such like with him?-Yes, I did' one or two.
So at one time you were, worrying girl was well-known in Shanghai, danco with him in Shanghai when.
wasn't it -That was so; they did Then how did this conversation co-habit in Shanghai. begin about Connie T-I was rat And your father knew about this 1 told of this by the accused inm afraid he did not know. Shanghai.
Did your father know this Connie in Hong Kong in February, 10311 In fact a great minber of ladies
used to visit this house in Waterloo I am not asking you about Shang-by a different name-Ae far as I am Baking you since know, my father did not know her Rond I can't way. So far as I hui I know, Miss Au had visited there. February, 1931, when you came to Eat all.
I mean know of her. He knew You know, do you not, that there Hong Kong We have never men-
nothing. of her. was a fight in that house over tioned Connie from that, time..
You knew that Fung was living about Connie ?-No. I was accompanied by accused. in Waterloo Road, Kowloon, during Accused gave dinner and Fung the summer of 1031 1-Yen.
Have you joined and I danced with him.
ever been there went there some times,
How did you come to meet him
I met him at a tea dance either on the 2nd or 3rd day of the 1st moon (18th or 10th February).
And thereafter you met him fre- quantly Yer
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On this Sunday, February 21, you know that a bundle of clothes" was found in the room in which you were sleeping with the decused Yes; I had them feady to be sent to a tailor for altering.
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