802 Petition from Tang Ping Wing, aged 36 years, a native of Chin, residing in Hong Kong, Showeth,
That on the 10th inst. he sent his nephew Tang Cheung Hing with E, the Governor's notification to go home to advise the different villagers and to enquire into the circumstances there that he may return to the Colony to report. Unexpectedly on arriving at Pap ui Mun, he was arrested by several rebels who took him to Un Long Kuk (a public house of the village) in the night of the 17th inst., Ting Ting Sz, who returned with over 10 men after a battle with the British Soldiers in which they were defeated, saw him holding a notification in his hand and saying he has secret communication with Foreigners, ordered over 10 men to have him tied up and put into a pig-basket where he died after having been beaten with swords and spears. His corpse was afterwards
conveyed in a small boat to Un Long river and thrown overboard but has not as yet been found. I think that people who saw this would be grieved at his being thus put to death.
That your petitioner who makes the above true report and the deceased will be much grateful if Your Honour will request E, the Governor to give strict order to have these perpetrators arrested and punished accordingly. Although the rebels have retired after the arrival of the large company of British soldiers, they do not seem to submit cheerfully. He therefore further prays that Your Honour will issue rewards to arrest them that the place may be at peace and the good may be undisturbed.
Dated 22 April 1899
Rebel, Tang Ching Sz residing at Chin with over 10 men