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85. Outrage cases by districts were as follows:-
Sai Kung 4
Sheung Shui nil.
Sha Tin 2
Lok Ma Chau 2
Tai Po 3
Au Tau 5
Sha Tau Kok 3
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Ping Shan 16
86. On January 9th, an employee of a trading depot at Yung Long Wan, Ping Shan District, fired on and fatally wounded a boatman approaching the shore in rough weather at night. He was convicted of Manslaughter and sentenced to 7 years Hard Labour.
87. Outstanding cases during the year included:-
(a) An attack by 5 armed robbers from Chinese Territory on a fishing boat at Double Island, Mirs Bay on January 23rd. The occupants retaliated and killed 3 of the robbers. One complainant subsequently died of bullet wounds inflicted by the robbers.
(b) The arrest and conviction in Chinese Territory of 2 armed men who robbed a man in British Territory on February 23rd.
(c) The strangulation of an aged Chinese woman at Shun Wan, Tai Po on February 25th. One Chinese male and a female charged with Murder were convicted of Manslaughter and heavily sentenced.
88. Four cases of armed highway robbery reported during the year were successfully investigated and convictions obtained.
89. On August 18th, P.C.B. 309 Arjan Singh while on patrol ran amok, shot and killed another member of the patrol P.C.B. 449 Kaka Singh, at Tai Mei Tuk Village, Tai Po District. After firing a number of shots into a house, P.C.B. 309 committed suicide. Failure to settle a longstanding debt owed to him by P.C.B. 449 was the cause of P.C.B. 309's derangement.
90. The Frontier was manned for observation by Police from December 20th to 24th in anticipation of an influx of refugees from Chinese Territory due to possible operations by Japanese troops in South China.
91. A number of cases of arson of straw stacks belonging to a Military and Civil Contractor occurred towards the end of the year. He was maliciously accused in the Chinese press of supplying straw to Japanese interests. Investigations disclosed that the underlying reason for the outbreaks arose from competition with other commercial interests established in the districts concerned. The perpetrators were not discovered.