Hon. C. S.
1.
On 7.9.48 at 14.30 hours, Detective Constable 720 TAM YIU MAM, while on duty in Fuk Wah Street, Sham Shui Po, noticed a Chinese male carrying something concealed under his jacket and behaving in a suspicious manner. The detective arrested and searched the man and found that he was carrying a bundle of documents; he examined them and realizing their significance, took him to Sham Shui Po Police Station and later to the Special Branch.
The man gave his name as CTAU CHUNG (4) • CHAU PAK (He) ℗ CHAU MAN KWONG, aged 44 and his occupation as political agent. His statement is attached at (1). The statement of the detective who arrested him is at (2).
2.
CHAU CHUNG refused to give any information whatsoever to the police concerning the documents found in his possession.
Examination of these documents show them to be Chinese Communist Party papers, dealing in the main with recruitment, particularly of Hong Kong students, for work in Communist-controlled areas. Among these papers were found certain references to the TAT TAK Institute of San Hui near Castle Peak in the New Territories and to the activities of certain students belonging to this school.
3.
The TAT TAK Institute was opened early in 1947. It is staffed by a group of intellectual "democrats" of whom several are known to be strongly in sympath with the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.). The school is further known to be deeply involved in C.C.P. activity; there is reason to believe that it is not only an important C.C.P. training centre but a centre for other Communist activity also. At (3) and (4) are translations of seized C.C.P. documents; the comments at the beginning and end of these papers, obviously made by a more senior member of the C.C.P. organisation, indicated the political activity within this school.
4.
Other documents reveal that certain of the TAT TAK students are engaged in actitity which is directed against the Chinese Government.
This file will deal with the Student SIU FONG (
5.
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(a) At (5) is the self-autobiography of TSE KIN; this is the
first step to be taken when joining the C.C.P. The following extract should be noted:-
(b)
(1)
"I also introduced SIU FUNG and CHUNG YUI, my scholmates in TAT TAK, to return to the rural areas and both of them have written their autobiographies".
(ii) "We three also contemplated to raise funds for the
purchase of arms".
At (6) is a report by senior C.C.P. members on TSE KIN confirming that he is a suitable person for work in the rural areas,
The following extract should be noted:-
(i) "I understood that TSE KIN was still full of orthodox
ideas of K. (Kwomintang?) so I asked SIU FUNG to enlighten him.
His desire of entering a university in K. areas was gradually shaken and eventually he, SIU FUNG and CHUNG YUI entered the TAT TAK Institute".
(c) At (7) is a report by TSE KIN, CHUNG YUI and SIU CHUN HUNG
covering their extremely active anti-Chinese Government operations in Hok Shan District. The second signature SIU CHUN HUNG is probably another version of SIU FUNG. The surname is the same and we know from other documents that TSE KIN, SIU FUNG and CHUNG YUI were associated together in this work.