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understanding that the Government of Hong Kong
did not oppose it and Yeo was accordingly placed
on a steamer in charge of Canton Police. He
passed through Hong Kong on his way to Canton
and was sent back the following night by the
Canton Police and is now in custody in
Hong Kong awaiting his trial on charges of
forgery and of uttering forged documents.
I authorised the sending of
lir. T.M.Hazlerigg, Assistant Crown Solicitor,
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to Shanghai to look after the interests of this
Government in the matter, and he has been very
successful not only in having secured Yeo's
return to Hong Kong for trial, but also,by
exhaustive enquiries, he has been able to locate
large sums of money standing in the name of
Yeo and his wife in various banks in Shanghai
and America. Steps have been taken to prevent
the withdrawal of these moneys pending further
action and I have strong hopes that the ultimate
loss may as a result of Kr. Hazlerigg's energy
and discretion be reduced to a much smaller sum
than was originally anticipated.
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It is possible that the criminal
proceedings now being instituted against Yeo may
throw fresh light on the manner in which the
fraud was perpetrated, and I prefer to keep an
open mind on the subject of instituting civil
proceedings against the Bank until the
completion