THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS &
October 14, 1938
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Trafficking In Girls
WOMAN SENTENCED TO TWELVE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT
earnings were given to defendant, either directly or through a friend, with whom she was staying for some time.
TAX RECEIPTS
"What was said in the wit- ness box was entirely a fabrica- tion. Nothing of that sort happened," said Ng Siu-ying, married woman, when she denied charges of trafficking in women and girls, harbouring
Miss P. Harrop, who conducted
women and girls and one of
the raid and was responsible for
exercising control over a pro-
the arrest of the defendant, also stitute before Mr. H. R. Butters gave evidence. She testified that at the Central Court on Oct. 7.
she found some decuments which were tax receipts issued by the Ng was one of four persons arrested. She was tried separately.tion. There was a seaman in the Swatow Municipality on prostitu-
Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant Crown 1 Solicitor, was in charge of the prosecution, assisted by Detective e Sub-Inspector J. Donovan and Miss P. Harrop, Lady Assistant of the
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In the witness stand yesterday. one of the girls, Wong Oi-po, com- plainant in the case, said that her Just parents died two years ago. before her mother's death she was sold to defendant in Shanghai.
Mr. Prentis; Will you tell the Court what took place in this transaction?
TAKEN TO SWATOW "Defendant said she would keep
2 me as her daughter before the transaction," continued witness. "But after the sale she kept me in her relative's place for several days before I was taken to Swatow. I saw money handed from defen- There were dant to my mother.
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house when the raiding party arrived.
Denying the allegations, defen. dant said that she did not force the girl to practise prostitution. She stated that the girl had practised on her own accord. Defendant accused complainant of having fabricated the facts against her.
Remarking that he would accept
the statement given by the girl, Mr. Butters imposed sentence of one year's imprisonment.
GIRL TIED TO BEDSTEAD
MOTHER FINED
IN COURT
"There is no excuse whatever
Mr. Prentis-Did you sign any for what you have done to your
papers?
Witness: She signed both pa- pers by marking a cross on each
of them.
Witness was sent to Swatow in the care of someone on board a ship and defendant went there about one month later.
PERSUADED TO PRACTISE
daughter," said Mr. Edwards at the Central Court on Oct. 4 when he
convicted a woman, Ho Lai-ping, 35, on a charge of ill-treating a girl.
Inspector H. W. Fraser, of the S.C.A., said that the girl's wrists were tied with string and she was tied to a bedstead by a chain around her chest. The girl, aged only nine, managed to escape by
through the
from the
1 When witness arrived in Swatow
she stayed with defendant's sister, biting tand the next day after her arrival | struggled
cord and chain. She
1 she was persuaded to practise pro- ran into the street screaming and stitution. Defendant's elder sister was bleeding. A constable took kept a brothel in Swatow. De-her to the S.C.A. fendant arrived later and after a The defendant, who is the na- few days brought witness to Hong-tural mother of the girl, said that kong where she lived at No. 9. Fuk Luk Lane. She was again forced to practise prostitution while she was in the Colony.
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her daughter constantly ran away from home and she had been ad- vised to tie her up to avoid losing her. On this occasion she had used the money for rice to buy fritters.
A fine of $50, in default, two months' imprisonment was
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After staying for some time here, she was taken to Swatow again, but not long afterwards she re- turned to Fuk Luk Lane. Her posed.
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