Detective Office,
Water Police Station,
Kowloon,
10th May, 1938.
57
SHEK KWU LO, 10 years,
Fisherman on board Fishing Junk No.495 H.V.,
Residing on board,
Native of Shaukiwan, Hongkong,
+
States :-
for three years.
I have been working on the above junk
The master is FAN YING. There are
over twenty persons living on board.
At about 13.00 hours on 4.5.38, the
junk was sailing off MAN SHAN (Great Ladrones) when we saw a junk burning in the distance. It had a net hoisted indicating assistance was needed. The master altered
course and approached it. When some distance away, we lowered a sampan and the master two fokis named WONG CHEUNG TAI and HO SHAP and I went along side. I did not board the junk but two women could be seen on deck and calling "Save life". Only the master FAN YING boarded the junk and took the two women on to our sampan. This junk had been on fire, The two women had wounds and were
very exhausted.
When my master came back on the sampan he told us there were many dead bodies on the burnt junk. We took the two women to Hongkong which was reached the following afternoon (5.5.38) My master took them ashore
there.
(sd.) Chas. Mottram.
P.S.A.105.
10.5.38.