A Complainants to Hongkong all speed to confront the prisoners and he begged me to write to you request that the prisoners should be handed over at an early date.
When Colonel Li reported to me sometime ago that he had ascertained that eight notorious criminals hiding in Hongkong were in Stongkong and requested me to write and ask you to communicate with the Stongkong Government and have them arrested. I wrote and asked you to be good enough to request His Excellency the Acting Governor of Stongkong to direct the criminals to be arrested and handed over, and I directed Acting Captain Li to proceed to Hongkong and take them over.
On receipt of the above report I directed Colonel Li to send the Acting Captain forthwith to Stongkong with Complainants, witnesses and to confront the prisoners and take them over, and I have to request you to write to His Excellency the Acting Governor of Stongkong and ask him, after the prisoners have been confronted with the witnesses and complainants in charge of the said Captain to hand over the three criminals Fung Lu-chuan, Liang Yi-she, and Shu-ben to Captain Li for conveyance to Canton for trial thereby preserve the entente cordiale.
Instructions have been given that no torture be used.
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