N.I.D. 6726/25.
PIRACY.
21
Chinese
3rd Jan.1925. Following report received from 0.0., Maritime Customs Station, Samun:- Master of the junk
'Shing Fat", Hong Kong, reports having been pirated at Shekan, near Shau chung (Mirs Bay) at 1000, 3rd inst. All arms and equipment were taken away, together with g1,000 worth of cargo.
5th Jan.1925. A train of the Canton-Hankow railway coming to Canton from Shulkwan, was held up and ransacked at Kwantin by a gang of over 100 bandits, 10 of whom boarded the train as passengers. When it arrived at Tai King Bridge they drew their revolvers and ordered the driver to stop. At the same time the other bandits who had been lying in wait under the bridge sprang up and rushed the train. 10 passengers were kidnapped. On the receipt of the alarm, the railway authorities at Wongsha Station sent an armoured train with 100 armed railway policemen to the rescue. arrived at the scene of the robbery, the bandits had disappeared.
When it
5th Jan.1925. A Chinese launch, named Ngar You, flying the British Flag was taken by bandit troops disguised as Yunnane se mercenaries. The launch was taken to a place some 15 miles north west of Canton, and later released after 22 passengers of prosperous appearance had been put ashore
The as captives. The rest were relieved of all valuables. launch was plying between Canton and the villages to the west.
11th Jan.1925. The French Steam Launch "Siu Fook" manned by pirates was rammed by the launch towing the Shui -Hing, Kongmoon passenger junk. 35 pirates were killed and 40 drowned. 16th Jan.1925. Pirates attacked a cargo boat plying between Kuchen and Kongmo on, and made a haul of cash and valuables to a large amount, in addition to which a number of passengers were kidnapped and taken to an unknown retreat by the robbers.
24th Jan. 1925. 36 men believed to be pirates carried out a successful raid at Pak-kai, Kongmoon. They looted a block of ten houses owned by a prosperous landlord and building contractor of Pak-kai, kidnapped the man's son, and shot a youth who attempted to escape from one of the houses. The pirates crossed over from Chu Lin to Pak-kai in sampans, most of them carrying automatic pistols and electric torches. Others carried ladders which they used to enter the houses through the windows, breaking the iron bars. All the houses were ransacked. The gang left one of their number behind dead. It is believed that this man was accidentally shot, in the darkness, by one of his confederates.
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