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Piracy and River Patrol.
C.0.
2938
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26 JAN 09.
The case of the piracy of a junk in Hongkong wat-
ers referred to in last Quarter's Intelligence Report
has not yet been satisfactorily dealt with.
The
Chinese authorities confess themselves unable to dis-
cover either the culprits or the whereabouts of the
kidnapped man.
The flagrant case which occurred in the harbour
off Honam Point within 300 yards of Shameen resulted
in the degradation of Colonel Fung Ying Shum on whom
the responsibility was fastened.
There is no doubt that cases of piracy are still
of frequent occurrence in the delta, and it is doubtful
whether the measures heretofore taken to suppress them
are particularly effective. Since the disappearance
of the British and other foreign flags from the smaller
craft plying in the Canton and West Rivers less is
heard of piratical attacks, but Steamer Captains have
reported on several occasions during the past quarter
attacks which they have witnessed from the decks of
their vessels when they have been powerless to inter-
fere owing to the narrowness of the stream.
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