(T. 8)
20
G.
R.
Inquiry No.
1
of 1939.
ROGERS.
In Charge of the case-Inspector
Information of Witnesses severally taken and acknowledged on behalf of Our Sovereign
King George the Fifth at the House known as Police Court, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hong
Kong on the
19th
day of
January,
nine
before
Gentleman, Magistrate for the said
in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and thirty
ERIC HIMSWORTH,
Colony touching the death of MA HUNG, male, 40 years, deceased.
JURY:
1. JAMES DOIG PROVAN foreman
CESARIO MARIA XAVIER
2.
3.
VERDICT:
LI FOOK SHUN.
We find that the deceased was MA HUNG, who
died in Kowloon Hospital on January 3rd 1939 from
a gunshot wound incurred while trying to escape
from Ma Tau Chung internment camp on January 2nd.
We are of the opinion that the sentry DHAN SINGH
shot the deceased while carrying out his orders.
sa/ J.D. PROVAN
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LI FOOK SHUN C.M. XAVIER.
ERIC HIMSWORTH, Coroner.
19/1/39.