Copy.
46
D.R.577
INQUIRY No. 1 of 1940.
In Charge of the case
Inspector Rogers.
INFORMATION of Witnesses severally taken and acknowledged
Hong Kong) on behalf of Our Sovereign King George the Sixth at the
to wit
)
House known as Police Court, Kowloon in Kowloon in the
said Colony, on the 4th day of January in the year of Our Lord
One thousand nine hundred and forty before E. Himsworth, Esquire,
Gentleman, Magistrate for the said Colony touching the death of
LAU KWONG FUK, male, 25 yrs., deceased.
1.
JAMES DOWNIE THOMSON, Esq.
Foreman.
2.
CHARLES CHUN HAM, Esq.
3.
LUIZ ANTONIO DA ROCHA.
VERDICT
We find that the deceased was LAU KWONG FUK, who died
on 29.11.39 from gunshot wounds inflicted by police officers
acting in accordance with their instructions as he attempted
to escape from Ma Tau Chung internment camp.
(Sa.)
tr
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J. D. Thomson,
L. A. da Rocha,
C. C. Ham,
Eric Himsworth, Coroner,
4.1.40.