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The Sikh policeman at the gate near my post also called
on them to stop when they were escaping but they paid no
attention.
Sd. Rifleman Dhan Singh.
4th Witness.
B 311 Constable Gurdial Singh of the Hong Kong Police
states:-
At the Prisoners of War Camp on 2nd January at about 3.45 p.m. I was on duty at the gate. I saw a Chinese prisoner escaping through the wire and stones being thrown at No.1
sentry. I did not see the throwers.
I called to him in Chinese to go back, he did not do so.
I heard the sentry at No.1 post call out to the escaping
man and saw him signal to him. The sentry fired at him when
he continued to escape. He was then inside the wire and had
got under two strands.
I had no doubt that he was trying to escape.
I have heard the Chinese in camp say that the soldiers
don't fire bullets but only blank.
I did not accompany Subadar Puran Chand into the camp
but stayed on duty at the gate.
Sd. Gurdial Singh B 311.
5th Witness.
11654 Rifleman Govind Singh 1st Kumaon Rifles states:-
At the Prisoners camp at 3.45 p.m. on 2nd January I was
the sentry in No.2 post from where I can see straight along
the wire to No.1 post where Rifleman Dhan Singh was on duty.
Three Chinese approached the wire near Rifleman Dhan
Singh's post. He called to them and signed to them to go back.
The Sikh policeman at the gate also called out. One
Chinese attempted to escape through the wire. The other two
stoned Dhan Singh. He had got to the third strand when I
heard Rifleman Dhan Singh fire at him. He wriggled in the wire
and the other two pulled him out by the feet.