Enclosure in Swatow No. 42 of September 17, 1927.
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs
to
H.M. Consul, Swatow.
Translation.
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Swatow, September 14, 1927.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer you to the case on record
in this office of the infliction of a fine on Low Feng Kiah
by the Chao-Mei Opium Suppression Bureau.
It appears that my predecessor received from you
numerous communications in which you maintained that Low
Peng Kiah was a British merchant and protested against the
action taken against him.
My predecessor referred the case to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs for instructions, and I have now received
the following instructions from the Ministry :
"Low Peng Kiah signed an admission in his evidence
that he was a Chao-an man, and, as a Chinese offender
against Chinese regulations, he must of course be dealt
with by Chinese law".
On receipt of these instructions, I communicated with
the Chao-Mei Opium Suppression Bureau, who have now sent
me copies of the record of examination of Low Peng Kiah and
of his statement.
The record of examination shows that Low Peng Kiah
signed an admission that he was a native of Ampou in the
Chao-an district, and in his statement he confesses that he
committed an offence and that he was willing to submit to
a fine.
It is obvious, therefore, that Low Peng Kiah is wholly
Chinese.
There can be no doubt on this point.
Low/