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being there in Chinese Street that evening. They are, you
will remember, Ng Kui, the keeper of the coffee stall, Wan
Yiu Nam who keeps the noodle stall next door to him and the
two chess addicts Leung Ho Chi and Ng Ngan who had chosen that
quiet piece of pavement for their trial of strength that
evening.
Now, Ng Kui was eminently in a position to see what was
going on. He was seated beside his ice chest and he was
reading a paper and not paying very great attention to what
was going on but he saw that the accused man was seated on
one of these stools, then he saw the other two, Leung Ki and
Chan Kam On, come across the road towards him and he heard
some argument about money. Then he saw, as he says, the
accused man and he saw Leung Ki pat the accused man on the
shoulder with an open hand, then without any let or hindrance,
not with any force or duress he has told us that the accused
turned round and walked over to the three boxes, picked up
the chopper and walked back with it. Then he said Chan Kam
On was off to Des Voeux Road and Leung Ki at once called
out 'save life' and bolted up Chinese Street with the accused
man after him.
"I don't really know what happened up there. Leung
Ki fell. I did not see any blows struck, I don't know what
happened, but I saw the accused man running and he ran on
until he turned into Queen's Road."
Our noodle manufacturer Wan Yiu Nam was a little further
south, a little nearer Queen's Road, but he was preoccupied;
he was making pastry for his customers that evening, but he
could not help hearing that there was a squabble going on
there. The thing he really noticed was when Leung Ki called
out 'save life' and was off as hard as he could go up
Chinese Street. He noticed that accused man was following
him with a chopper. We know the distances here
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we know