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CHAU HANG TSAN (†), 55 years, Master of Fishing Boat
H.C.884, living on board, born at CHAN CHUEN (
SHUN TAK (1), states:-
顺德
) Village,
I have been the master of the above boat for the past
seven years. I usually fish between DEEP BAY and CHEUNG CHAU
(長洲)。
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I live on board with my wife, KWOK LIN ( #), one son CHAU NG CHAI (1) £<} ), 20 years, a daughter CHAU SO (A),
), 15 years, a younger brother CHAU KAI ( 1 ),
), his four sons and one
50 years, his wife FUNG SO (
daughter, two nephews, two nieces, a cousin, a deaf and dumb mute and an orphan boy aged 3 years. At 14.00 hours on 17th September,
(稔
1.939, I left Castle Feak to go fishing. At about 20.00 hours we arrived off NIM WAN (-
) and started fishing. At about 21.00 hours on same date, while we were fishing at a spot between 100 and 200 "Cheungs ()" (1.e. about 2000 and 3000 feet) off the shore at NI AN, a Japanese motor boat approached us from the direction of LIN TING (AT) and ordered us to stop. At
the same time I heard several shots fired. We lowered our sail and stopped. The Japanese motor boat came alongside and about twelve Japanese dressed in Khaki uniforms and carrying rifles boarded our junk. We all knelt down and begged to be spared. The Japanese lowered my dinghy by cutting the ropes. They then pointed to the dinghy and ordered us all aboard. We all went aboard the dinghy and the Japanese, by means of signs, ordered us to sail away.
Soon afterwards I saw that my junk was ablaze. We rowed to the shore and went up a hill at NIM WAN from where we watched the junk burning. It took us three hours to reach the shore using our hands as oars. I did not see the japanese vessel again. We all remained on the hill till the following morning when I rowed my sampan out to my junk which now partially submerg- ed at the spot at which the Japanese had boarded us. I then rowed the sampan up DEEP BAY and on the way met a friend named