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CHAU NG CHAI (17), 20 years, boatman, on board Boat
No.H.C.884, states:-
I am a native of TAI PING (4), TUNG KUN (Ž). (†).
I am employed on board fishing junk No.H.C.884 which is
owned by my father CHAU HANG TSAN ( të “1⁄2 ).
We left Castle Peak at about 20.10 hours on 17th
September, 1939, with the intention of fishing in DEEP BAY, and at about 21.00 hours same date when off SHE HOW (7) in DEEP BAY a Japanese motor boat came alongside, on board which were 10 soldiers, 7 of them boarded our boat and ordered us to lower a sampan and our crew of 18 who were on board was ordered into the sampan, they told us to go away. They brought tins of petrol on board and with gestures they made I understood they were going to set fire to our boat. We sailed off but noticed them pour petrol over our junk. They set fire to our boat then boarded the motor boat which sailed towards LIN TIN (15 1T ). We sailed ). Our boat was afire until daybreak to-day 18th September, 1939. At about 08.00 hours 18th September, 1939, we rowed our sampan back to the wreck. All the top gear was
to NIM WAN (稔灣).
burned and the junk partly submerged. I boarded a friend's junk near NIM WAN and later landed at LAU FAU SHAN (✈ ) then
孚山) 山 ) Police Station and made my report.
to PING SHAN (
I later accompanied detectives on board the Police Launch
and pointed out the wreck which is lying about 1 miles due North
of NIM VAN British Territory in DEEP BAY.
Our junk is 62 feet long, 18 feet in breadth, about
1,700 piculs in capacity.
Licensed in Hong Kong only.
(Sa.) J. Shepherd,
Police Sergeant A.12,
Officer in Charge, Ping Shan.
18th September, 1939.