No. 92.

& 3 Copies. Cpy to Canton

& Hongkong.

BRITISH CONSULATE,

SWATOV,

OCTOBER 237 1926,

186

sir.

I have the honour to enclose herewith copies of

correspondence between he Commissioner for Foreign

Affairs and myself relative to the conduct of the local

police in respect of a robbery in August last from the

house of Mr. Teo Yee free, a British subject.

2.

Briefly, the circumstances were as follows. In

the early morning of August 8, Mr. Teo Yee Swee's nouse

was raided by a gang of robbers, who ransacked the build-

ing and stole articles valued at some „2,400. By when

the police appeared on the scene, the robbers nad decamp-

ed and the police arrested Teo Yee Dwee himself and all

his servants and led them, bound like criminals to the

police station, where Teo was further insulted by having

his feet chained together. He was not released to 3.0

p.m.

3.

The police not only ill-treated Teo, but stole

from his house the following articles:

2 12 bore shot guns

300 - 400 cartridges for above

2

1

old-fashioned revolvers, no cartridges, sportin knife

1 gmall Browning pistol

25 rounds of ammunition for above accessories for loading cartridges 2 or 2 bunones of keys.

Sir Ronald Macleay, K.O.M.G.,

etc.

etc.

etc.

His ajesty's Minister,

PEKING

4.

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