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4.
The Commissioner for Foreign Affairs informe me that
three of the robbere have been arrested and shot, but I
have only the word of the police for tils and no evidence
has been produced that such arrests and executions have
been carried out, or that the men were actually concerned
in the robbery in question.
5.
With regard to the arms removed from Teo's house by
the police, the Commissioner refuses to give them up on
the ground that they were not imported under hu chao, as
required by the "Rules and Regulations for the Importation
of Arms and Ammunition".
6.
With regard to these arms, Teo explains that one of
the shot guns bolonged to the founders of the firm before
he became manager. The other was bought by him locally
last year. The 300 400 partridges were also bought by
him locally a few years ago. the two old revolvers
originally belonged to he founders of his firm. The
sporting knife was bought by him 20 years ago at Singapore.
The Browning pistol and aurunit on were purchased by him
in 1919 or 1920 from a siip's captain in Swatow.
7. With the possible e xception of the rowing istol
and amunition, therefore, Teo Yee Swee appears to have
acquired the above articles without infringing the Import
of Arms Regulations. In any case, I submit that it is not
for the police to take upon themselves to confi cate tuose
articles. In my oorrespondence with the Commissioner for
Foreign Affairs I have held that the police should return ✯
the articles intact to me and that if they suspect that
they have been acquired by Teo in an illegal manner, tney
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