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arms and boarded the ship as passengers. The leader of this gang is said to be a man named LO AH CHIU, a native of 343
FAN LO KONG. The ship carried wireless which was immediately
put out of action by the pirates. Hakka and Hoklo was mostly
spoken by the pirates but some spoke Fukien and & few,
Punti. This ship did not come under the Hongkong Firacy Prevention Ordinance. At the time this piracy was committed
General HUNG SHIU LUN and Commander WONG FUK CHI happened to be in Hongkong. On the suggestion of the Captain Superintendent of Police an expedition was organised consisting of members of the Navy, Army and Police in Hongkong and headed by Commander WONG FUK CHI. The party left for HA ORUNO, 31s Bay in a navel tug where a party of some 120 of WONG FUK 0Hide
soldiers were embarked and taken to FAN LO KONG bay. A landing
was affected and raids were made on KWAI CHAU, HAI CHAU, NIM
SHAN and FAN LO KONG, The police vore present in these raids
As a result 16 men were arrested. They were in possession of various articles of property obviously illegally obtained.
Some Singapore money was also found. The 16 men were sent to
WAICHAU for trial, and some of the houses occupied by them were burnt, but 12 of these were released after enquiry.
The
4 remaining prisoners were kept in custody for several months at WAICHAU but after the city fell into the hands of General
CHEUNG KAI SHEK, these four were released. At FAN LO KONG a man in one of the houses raided, fired on the troops who had
come to search. This men was summarily shot, ne was in possession of a revolver and an automatic. He turned out to
bo a man called CHAN SHUI VAI @lias YOUNG AH IN, a well known robber and pirate.
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