Cho Wan and elsewhere and most if not all of these newspapers
had not only published articles similar to those which had appear-
ed in the Wah Kiu Yat Po but had in some cases collaborated
wholeheartedly with the Japanese whereas the Wah Kiu Yat Po and
Your Petitioner had adopted a contrary course, yet of all these
publishers no single one had been classified as a traitor or
collaborator nor had any request been made to the various
Governments concerned for their surrender for trial, Your
Petitioner being the only one so named and asked for. Your
Petitioner's delegages thereupon contended that because of the
large circulation of the Wah Kiu Yat Po, the pressure laid was
obviously for an ulterior motive.
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General Chang Fa Kwei replied amicably that, putting
aside everything official, he would advise Your Petitioner, in
a private capacity, to take similar procedure as was taken by
the manager of the Telephone Company in Canton, whose name
had been cleared from the List of Traitors following
representations made by the United States and Swedish Consuls
in Canton.
37.
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The matter further developed thus :
The said Wong Hau Cheung sent Your Petitioner this
message on the 9th September, 1946;
He, Wong Hau Cheung, acting on General Chang Fa Kwei's
instructions, recently went to Canton with one Locke Loy-tim.
At the interview with General Chang Fa Kwet on the 4th
11 September, 1946, the General stated:
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That there were still attacks on the Wah Kau Yat Po;
that Wong had no power whatsoever on the paper and was
being used by Your Petitioner as a tool; that to ensure
full control, the General's advisers had suggested that
'official shares' (to the Chinese Government) to the
extent of 51 per cent be issued so that the present
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hid.