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Detective Office,
Water Police Station,
Kowloon,
10th May, 1938.
56
HO SHAP, 32 years,
Fold on board Fishing Junk No.195 H.V.,
Hative of Shaukiwan, Hongkong,
States :-
I have worked four months on the above
junk.
The master is FAN YING.
At about 13.00 hours on 4.5.38, we
være sailing off MAN SHAN when a junk was observed in the
distance flying a distress signal.
The master, two fokis named SHEK KWU LO
and WONG CHEUNG TAI and I went alongside the junk in our
sampan. I could see two women on deck. They were calling
"Save life". The junk appeared to have been on fire. My
master went on board, but we three fokis remained in the
sampan. The two women were rescued and taken to Hongkong
which was reached on the afternoon of 5.5.38. Both had
wounds. My master told me he had seen some dead bodies on the burnt junk.
(sd.) Chas. Mottram.
P.8.A.105.
10.5.38.