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(2) RAHAMED KHAN
declared.
B.196. I was stationed at Ma Tau Chung internment camp
on 29.11.39.
I was on duty at No.5 observation post between
10 a.m. & 2 p.m. My post is in direct line with No.6 post. At
about 11.55 a.m., I saw an internee sitting not far from the
wire on vegetable ground. He remained there for some minutes.
Then I saw him get up and go into the barbed wire by No.6
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post. I saw him lift up the barbed wire and crawled under the
fence. I shouted to him come back: don't run. He paid no
attention to me. On reaching the outer fence, he started to
climb up.
I gave the alarm on my whistle. He continued to
climb up.
When he gripped the upper part of the wire, I fired
my Greener gun but apparently I missed. So I loaded and fired
again, but he carried on. So I tried to load my gun again.
At this time, I saw a European Sergeant 165, who also
fired. He fired at the man just beyond the wire. He fired
while walking. I only heard him fire once. The man on the
fence collapsed and fell back into the wire.
policeman nearby at the time. No 6 post is about 75 yards
from my post.
There was another
My instructions since I have been on duty at this camp
have been to prevent persons escaping and to fire at a man who
But we always gave a warning and blow whistles first.
escapes.
(sd.) Rahamed Khan, B.196,
#1
Eric Himsworth,
4.1.40.
(3) MOHAMED GUHAL declared.
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B.155. I was on patrol duty in ground of Ma Tau Chung
Camp on 29.11.39. At about 11.55 a.
..m. I heard the alarm
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sounded by whistle by No.5 post. I saw a Chinese climbing
up the wire near No.6 post. I saw the man on No.5 post fire.
I saw Sergeant ROTHWELL there holding a pistol just beyond
No.6 post outside the wire. The man was then on top of the
fence.