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The accused Frank ROBERT was in the Internment Camp also, and about the beginning of 1942 he discovered a radio receiving set in one of the huts in the camp. Instead of reporting this to the officer in charge, he secretly kept it. When WATERTON and REES demanded it, he clandestinely handed it over to them, although he knew that it was forbidden to use a radio receiver.
The accused William John ANDERSON was in the service of the former HONGKONG Government, and was interned when HONGKONG fell to the Japanese Army. In June 1943, he received on wireless receiving set each from the accused James Leslie ANDERSON and REES and used these to listen secretly to broad- casts from London and other places, and reported what he heard to the British Internees' representative, the former Civil Governor of HONGKONG, SIMPSON, and to others.
The accused James Leslie ANDERSON was a radio technician employed by the former HONGKONG Government, and was interned from April 1942 onward.
In May 1942 he obtained a radio receiving set secretly from an American named WILSON, and secretly kept it. About June 43, when requested by the accused William John ANDERSON to hand it over to him, he did so, knowing that it was to be used without permission for the purpose of listening in to broadcasts from London and other places.
The accused IAN CHUK MING was employed as a clerk in the harbour department by the former HONGKONG Government and was a section leader in the Reserve Police Force. After the fall of HONGKONG he worked as the manager of a building firm, About April 42, he attended a meeting of former members of the Reserve Police, held by TSO TSUN ON and after TSO TSUN ON had gone into the interior for consultations with the British organization in the interior, he agreed. He then collected funds to help carry on their activities, and in March 1943 he illegally went to the British organization in WAICHOW and reported Conditions in HONGKONG. From April to June of the same year, on five or six occasions, he received documents from the British organization in SHIU KWAN (KUKONG) via the British organization at WAICHOW for transmission to Capt. FORD and Lieut. GFEY in SHAMSHUIPO P.0.W. Camp, and to Colonel NEWNHAM in the KOWLOON Fort F.0.W. Camp. He employed the P.0.V. Camp truck drivers LEE LAM and LSE HUNG HOI and others to deliver these messages and to bring out replies. In this way,
he strove to maintain liaison betreer
the British organization and the P.0.W. Camps.
The accused CHEUNG YUNG SAM was a mechanic employed at KOWLOON ship- building yard. He was approached about March 1943 by a near relative LUI KA YAN and requested to make a report on conditions in the shipbuilding yard. Although he knew this involved espionage activities on behalf of the enemy, he agreed, and on several occasions investigated and reported on the personnel in the shipbuilding yard and on the ships which were undergoing repairs there.
The accused LUK CHUNG KIT was out of work when the war broke out. About May 1942, he got to know the above-mentioned LUI KA YAN, and when the latter went to WAICHOW to make contact with the British organization there at the end of March 1943, the accused accompanied him. LUI KA YAN later asked him to pass newspaper reports, etc. to the British organization in WAICHOW and to receive funds for their work. He agreed to do this and secretly left the area in a fishing boat from SHATIN to carry out this mission.
The accused HO YAU worked on a fishing boat near SHATIN and about April 43 was urged by LUI KA YAN to work with him. Although he knew that this involved engaging in activities on behalf of the enemy, he agreed, and between that time and June on ten to twenty different occasions carried some of the conspirators and their reports and funds.
The accused LEE LAM was a driver for the KOWLOON Omnibus Company. About the end of December 42 he was asked by LUI KA YAN with whom he was already acquainted, if he would introduce secret documents to the P.0.Ws at KOWLOON Fort and SHAMSHUIPO P.0.W. Camps, in return for a monthly remuneration At that time, he was the driver of a bus which his company furnished to the
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