Enclosure No.3.
COPY.
Honourable Captain Superintendent of Police,
FRONTIER INCIDENTS.
SHATAUKOK & IRS BAY.
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(1) At Shataukok all is quiet.
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(2) General Wu Him's troops, suspected
of "Red" sympathies, have been ousted from fai Chau and from
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the territory between there and Kirs Bay. Ping Shan, Tai
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Pang, Sha U Chung and Tip Fuk the two last on the irs Bay
coast are now occupied by troops that formerly comprised
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罗 the old "Yuet Kan" of General Chan Kwing Ling's Army. Lo
Kwen is said to be in command of these freshly enlisted
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t troops, while other leaders are Lin Sam To, Lai Chun Ying and $ 見過
La Kin To, all former officers under Chan Kwing ling. These
troops bid fair to earn the same reputation for extortion as
their predecessors. They have already compelled the merchants
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of Ping Shan and Lung Kwong to pay between them a sum of
$1,000, and, at Sha U Chung and Tip Fuk, have revived the old head tax of 40 cents on all passengers leaving these places by the Taipo Ferry Launch.
The political situation is somewhat obscure, but,
nominally at least, these troops are subordinate to Canton
as their leader, Lo Kwan, was only recently placed by the
Canton Authorities in charge of the Ping Shan District.
sd. ¡.G. GERRARD.
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
(New Territories).
16th October, 1927.