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Enclosure No.6.
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Bias Bay Informer, states:-
I was at Tai Pang when the s.s. "Anking" was taken to "Hong Hoi" Bay, but I did not hear of the piracy until the 4th of October, 1928. I then sent agents to make enquiries and they returned after three days with the information that the pirates were in the vicinity of Wong
Po Market and Siu Mok.
They reported that the proceeds of the piracy were carried to Wong Po and Siu Mok by natives of these places who had been conscripted by the pirates. The loot consisted of three large chests, baggage, rolls of cloth, and miscellaneous bundles, which were deposited in the compound of a temple at Wong Po.
General Iu Hon Kit arranged to send an expedition under the guidance of my agents and on the 8th October he sent over 500 troops under Lieut: Tang Chung Sang from
Nim Shan to Wong Po.
The expedition set out at night and was divided into two parties which surrounded the villages of Wong Po and Siu Mok. On arrival the troops were fired on by some
naval forces which were already on the scene, but the mis- take was soon cleared up. It was then discovered that men had been landed from three Chinese warships in the bay
at Siu Mok. The Chinese naval forces had previously
searched Wong Po and Siu Mok, and had removed some boxes and baggage to the warships. The naval party arrested no pirates, but it burned down some houses at Siu Mok. The military authorities under General Iu Hon Kit and Lieut: Tang Chung Sang had no intimation that warship were being
despatched.
The military party questioned the natives at the
two
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