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Enclosure 1.9.1.
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Captain Superintendent of Police,
Sir,
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FRONTIER INCIDENTS
You will recollect that in my report on "Frontier Incidents, dated 21st September 1925, I made reference to the fact there had been since the kidnapping by Strikers of railway employees at Chinese Sha Tau Kok, a change made in the personnel of the Labour picquets doing duty there, and that the newcomers appeared to be much better disciplined. This improved discipline, however, has been of short duration, as the following will show.
Yesterday, 23rd September 1925, four of the Strikers made an armed raid on the Yuen Tai Tean Shop, British Sha Tau Kok, forcibly kidnapped two of the shop fokis and took away 37 pigs, together with goods and money of a total value at present unknown.
The person in charge of the Strikern, a Chinese military officer, endeavoured to res.rain his men from committing this outrage, whereupon they threatened him with his life so that he had to flee and seek refuge, first at the local Customs Station and afterwards at Sha Tau Kok Police Station, where he was detained on my instructions and sent to Tai Po. I have obtained a statement from him which is here appended.
The outrage committed is a very serious one, as the value of the property stolen mist well exceed $1,000. Had there been a samll Indian military squad at British Sha Tau Kok, this outrage would certainly never have happened. Following is a statement made to me by Ng Kung Ngai, the head of the Strikers, who is being sent under
escort this morning to the office of the Director of Criminal Investigation.