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(1.) The following infor "tion is graded B. 2:-
WONG KUN KIT, the notorious HACAO gangster, who had kis 1.0, on LAPPA Island, left there with a large company of followers about October 5th. His fleet consisted of 6 motor junks, with a tot. 1 ermanent of 1 heavy machine gun, 7 light
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Besides his wife, a known gangster type, he may have with him Col. SAM!, former head of the Japanese Gend. rrierie in IQACAO, who is believed to be desirous of going to FORMOSA, and until recently had his H.Q. in a small island uite close to LAPPA Island.
On October 7th, a junk, which had left MACAO for HONG KONG the same dy with a cargo of food and general merchandise, was seized by WONG KUN LIT's gang in the area of TUNG KU Island and
CHAU Island, M. of LANDO. Two ssengers in the junk were transferred to local fisshing boats and put ashore &t C.
BAK, New Territories.
On the night of October 8th/9th, the gang were in the vicinity of the above two islands. Some of the party were LEMOES, s the junks are crowded and there is not room for everybody to sleep on board. The total number of the gang is estimated at 300. WONG KUN KI believed to have with him in the junks two safes, which presumably contain valuables and/or documents.
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The following information, also graded B.2., was obtained from the junk passengers montioned above:-
The cargo consisted of sugar, wine, beans, fruit, rice flour and $2,000,000 C.1.C., the latter being consigned from KUNG FAT HONG, 33 Rua Nova de Comercio, CAO, to MMA ENG HONG of 188 Ring Tok Street, NC KONG.
There were 5 pinte jurder, one of which flew the Union Jack and another the Chinese Ti 3. The Chinese on board were in Chinese soldiers' uniforms and spoke Cantonese.
The two passengers, on being taken ashore, were brought before WONG XUN KIT, whom they know very well and who had come ashore from his own junk. They saw no Japanese, but overheard the Chinese say that there 4 prisoners in all Portuguese, but they could not say whether European or Asiatic.
TONG KUN DIT was very plausible and told the passengers that the cargo would be quite safe in his custody and would be returned to them in due course. However, he and his party eventually sailed off in their junks, taking with them the captured junk and its crew and leaving the passengers in a smaller fishing junk with instructions not to nove. junk's crew put the pausongers ashore 14 miles from KOWLOON.
The fishing
(iii) A report dated 11/12 October stated (a) that WONG HUN KIT was reported to be on TAI LIN CHAN, north of LINTIN, (b) that 2 Japanese and 4 Portuge were with him, (c) that he as also holding a Portuguese .0.0. (Sgt) as hostage for WONG KUN KIT's men awaiting trial in CAO, (d) that it was being checked whether or not VONG LUT KIT intended to set up permanent 1.0. on TAI LIN SHAN, and (e) that TAI LIN STAN, being near shore and in the midst of mud flats, afforded WONG KUN KIT both protection and the possibility of escape to the mainland if attacked,