COPY.
Enclosure No. ō in Swɛtow No. 92 of October 23, 1926.
The Commissioner for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Consul Kirke.
August 23, 1926.
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sir,
Robbery from Teo Yeo Swee's House.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
(of the 10th. instanti relative to the robbery from Teo Yee
Swee's house and the removal of Teo and his servants by the
police to the police station for examination.
In compliance with my orders that the Chief of Police
should supply me with a statement of the true facts of the oase,
he now reporte as follows :
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"The robbery took place in the midile of the night.
the police heard of it, they proceeded (to the house) but could
not distinguish one person from another. Observing a large
number of Teo Yee Swee's servants, the police thought this
circumstances suspicious. Moreover, none of them stated
distinctly that he was in the service of Teo Tee Swee, and they
were therefore taken to the police station for removal to the
Head Office.
Further, as it was then only just dawn, the police
had to wait till daylight and the evidence then taken was duly re-
ported.
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"When the deteatives examined the house, they found that the
robbers had smashed the bolt of the gate, rushed up the stone
steps and burst open the door. The owner of the honse was
asked what articles had been lost, but he could not say.
police, thinking that the robbere might have left behind
dangerous weapons, made search, but did not break open any
trunks containing clothes &c. Oortain firearms and ammunition
were produced, however, and if Teo has received a licence to
possess arms for self-defence they will, of course, be returned
to him.
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