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(1) HON HAN TAI
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sworn.
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On
Medical Officer in charge Kowloon Public Mortuary.
morning of 30.11.39, I made a post-mortem examination on the
body of LAU KWONG FUK, Chinese male, age 25, identified in my
presence by Inspector ROGERS and Sergeant ROTHWELL.
nourished.
I found that the cause of death was gunshot wounds of the
head. The deceased externally was fairly well developed and
There were superficial bruises and abrasions on the
left side of face and about the nose and chin. There was a
lacerated round wound 4" in diameter on the right cheek.
hands.
There
was another round lacerated wound " in diameter on the left
side of back of head. There were abrasions on the limbs and
There were no other marks of violence externally.
Internally on the skull, there was another fractured
hole " in diameter in the right temple. There was another
fractured hole 1 & 4" on left side of the back of the head.
Intra-cranially, there was extensive bleeding - a foreign
metallic body was found between the skull and the covering
of the brain near the round fractured hole by the right temple,
Exhibit A. The covering of the brain was lacerated 1" in
diameter on the left side on the back of the head.
Y- letter laceration the brain was extensively
lacerated amongst which were small fragments of bone and a
jagged piece of metallic foreign body, Exhibit B. There was
no other disease, injury or fracture.
I came to the conclusion that the cause of death was
gunshot wounds of the head. Both Exhibits A & B were
contributory to the cause of death. The abrasions on
deceased's body were probably caused by barbed wire.
(Sd.)
H. H. Tai,
Eric Himsworth,
4.1.40.
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