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Hon. Captain Superintendent of Police,
Piracy of s.s."Anking".
Lo Yan who is the Officer-in-Charge of Tai Pang
Police called to see me yesterday and said that there
were only two places in the Bias Bay area where the
"Anking" pirates could take refuge. They are (a) Pak Kau, (±‡R) (北扣)
a village on the south side of Tuni
Ang Island, and the whole of Samun Island, and (b) the village of Pik Kap, () at the south-east corner
of Bias Bay, near Bias Point.
2.
He wishes to run an expedition to attack the
former place, if he obtains the necessary assistance and
authority from the Canton Government.
3.
These islands are very much exposed to the
weather and any operations will require the assistance
of sea going craft.
4. Lo Yan wishes to get the use of a Cantonese
gun-boat to tow his men in junks from Tai Pang to Samun
and he would then like to have a couple of British
destroyers detailed to stand by to intercept sampans and
junks attempting to leave the neighbourhood.
5. I recommend that the information above may be
forwarded to the Canton Government, and that they may be
reugested to despatch a gun-boat to co-operate with the
local officials in raiding and suppressing the pirate
haunt at Samun. I have discussed the matter, informally,
with the Secretary to the Commodore, and I understand that
the Commodore will probably be willing to assist, only he
would, of course, prefer that the request for co-operation
should come from the Canton Authorities. We should
therefore offer to co-operate and emphasize the fact that
our ships could assist merely by standing by, and
intercepting