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10
Anarchist Sent To Hong Kong
INQUISITIVE OFFICER'S INITIATIVE
CONSIGNEES.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
From Trieste, Venice, Fiùme, "Spaläta, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Karachi, Colombo, Penang & Singapore.
was identified by the inn-keeper. Further inquiry showed that Leong: Soo was brought to this lodging Chartered Steamship, house from No. 76,Middle Road-
The current issue of the Malayan Police Magazine contains Ram- bler's' Reminiscences, which com prise adventures of a secret service officer in Malaya which, it is point-a ed out, are of instructional value to young police officers as well as of interest to the general reader. Most of the story given below will be new to those who remember the sensational bombing incident at Kuala Lumpur.
"DUCHESSA D'AOSTA"
Chinese school. The head. teacher of this school was inter-CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby rogated and it transpired that informed that all Goods are being Leong Soo was kept by Leung Man of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf landed at their risk into the Godowns an anarchist known to the Police and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow- and Protectorate. She was sent to loon, whence and/or from the wharves Hong Kong before the perpetration delivery may be obtained.. of this offence to avoid leakage of, Optional Cargo will be forwarded the secret, as she was thought to unless notice to the contrary be given be a woman of weak intellect.
before 2nd instant.
No alams will be admitted after the Leung Man's vocation at this Goods have left the Godown, and all time was that of a travelling agent Goods remaining undelivered after the of the Nanyang Film Company. 8th instant will be subject to rent, Ong U-teng, a partner in the Combe presanted to the Undersigned on or All claims against the vessel must pery and a political banishee from before the 18th instant or they will Netherlands East Indies, was also not be recognised. an accomplice in the outrage.
by
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From ANTWERP, BREMEN, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & MARSEILLES.
"Rambler" writes, as follows:- On January 23, 1925, a Cantonese woman named Wong Seng sprang a bomb in the offics of the Chinese Protectorate. Kuala Lumpur, and injured the Protector. She was identified as the wife of a political banishee from the Colony, and had been despatched from China by the
All broken, chafed, and damaged Chinese anarchist party and equip
Goods are to be left in the Godawns, Tracking Accomplices ped with bombs with express intent
where they will be examined on the to kill a British Officer in Singa Film Company, roused the suspi-veyors Messrs. Goddard & Dongias.
Inquiry made, at the office of the 7th instant at 10 am. by our sur- pore. She came to Singapore in cion of Ong U-teng that the Police No Fire Insurance has been effect- December, 1924, and had a con- were on the track of the accom- ed. decided to kill Sir Laurence Guille- sultation with local anarchiats wheplices of Wong Seng. Leung Man
Bills of Lading will be countersigned was at Muar and "Rambler" was mard, then Governor of the Straits sent there by train via Malacca to
DODWELL & CO., LTD., Settlements, while he was on tour.
Agents. To achieve this end Wong Seng fola special conveyance to get Leung
arrest him but Ong. U-teng detailed Hong Kong, 2nd September, 1929. lowed the tour of His Excellency Man back to Singapore. "Rambler" in Penang and Ipoh but in Kuala
reached Muar in the evening and Kangaar she missed her trail and
found that Leung Man had left for eventually made up her mind to kill Singapore in haste. "Rambler" also an official of the Kuala Lumpur hastened back to Singapore and Chinese Protectorate instead.
early in the morning, in coolie dress and armed with a bogus letter in Chinese addressed to-Leung-Man he called at the office of the Film The Steamship, Company pretending that he was
CITY OF MELBOURNE" sent by a Chinese towkay from having arrived, Consignees of Cargo Batu Pahat to arrange a film fer are being landed at their risk into the by her are informed that all goods Chinese Protectorate had been
the coolies of a rubber estate. As hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Go- bombed by a Chinese woman with babbed hair. Although he was en-
soon as one of the employees saw downs of Holt's Wharf, whence deli- joying the cool breezes on Penang Man who was in an adjacent room the Goods have left the Godowns, and
the address he shouted for. Leung very may be obtained. Hill, "Rambler" immediately resum and thus Rambler" was able to lay all Goods remaining undelivered after No Claims will be admitted after ed his rambling, going on to Serem-hands on him. Leung Man, who 8th September, 1929, will be subject han where, in a Japanese inn, he had his Suki Yaki amidst a series ed to say anything except that he
was an anarchist to the core, refus- to rent. of gossips with other lodgers. He touched on
was an anarchist. He was banish- must be presented to the Undersign- the incident of
ed on or before 15th September, 1929, the Kuala Lumpur bomb
or they will not be recognised. case saying
For a few days inquiries brought All broken, chafed and damaged that now bobbed-haired women
nothing of interest so our "Ram-goods are to be left in the. Godowns, were becoming a danger to society, bler" wandered about Short Street where they will be examined on any One of the lodgers said that he had wearing aarong and baju making hours of 10.45 s.m. and noon, within Tuesdays or Fridays, between the seen a Chinese bobbed-haired wo-inquiry from richa pullers for the Free Storage period of One Week. man living at No. 3 Short Street, Singapore. In the meantime the Police at Kuala Lumpur and other places were busy making inquiry and were able to establish that the woman was the wife of a Cantonese who was banished from the Colony
An Overheard Message It was on January 24, 1925, that Rambler," who was a man of most inquisitive temperament, overheard by chance a telephone message that Mr. Richards of the Selangor
ed.
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auy bobbed-haired woman from a Japanese inn who had used their ed ricshas. On the morning of Febru ary 7 "Rambler" as usual started by,, ed his gossip with the pullers, when one of them mentioned that
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"Rambler" who approached the Hong Kong, 2nd September, 1929. his riesha was hired twice by a
Film Company as a film hirer, with on political grounds..
Chinese bobbed-haired girl. Befor
a letter in Chinese characters ad- "Rambler" returned to Singapore asking further questions "Rambler" China by a friend. Lok Ngai-man gone to the Film Company with a dressed to Leung Man Had he on January 31, 1925, and under passed a note of $5 to the puller returned the money order to his less plausible tale or as a Police. EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). a bail of inquiry in motion. Inquiry bler" to the photographer where this ceeded to do so whereupon he was appointment, and would doubtless the guidance of superior brains set who, seeing the money, took "Ram-friend to cash it. The friend pro Officer, he would have met with dis- at No. S Short Street, a Japanese bobbed-haired girl had had her detained by the police and a search have heard the reply "um chai ta lodging house, revealed that a Can-photograph taken in company with of his room produced interesting tau la." tonese girl named Leong Soo stayed a Chinese youth. To the dismay of correspondence and group photo there, but she had left for Hong "Rambler" the negative had been graphs of the members of the
(e) That patience and persistence After taken away by them and there was Anarchist Party. Kong on January 2, 1925.
were necessary for the discovery of her departure her room was occupi- no further link with which to trace
Ong U-teng, mentioned above, the ricsha puller, weed by the ed by Wong Seng whose photograph them. The puller again took "Ram-absconded to Siam just after the ar- This find eventually brought Leung
Chinese bobbed-haired bler" to another Japanese lodging rest of Leong Man. He returned to house and showed him the room to Singapore aurreptitiously on the Soo back to Singapore om "Hong which the girl was once a visitor. eve of 1925 and the day following Kong: her statement was of the "Rambler" took courage and, enter- his arrival "Rambler" was lucky utmost value. ing the room without any ceremony, enough to put his hands on him
(d). That strategy was again used there saw a Chinese youth named with the result that he was soon to find out the whereabouts of Lok Simon Yapp who was questioned as back in China, banished for life.
Ngai-man by sending him a money to the negative he took from the Poor Wong Seng died an
order from Johore. The result photographer. photograph which was that of "Rambler"
He produced the natural death in prison whereas established the inaccuracy of the still lives on and allegation that he was in Singa- Leong Soo. A search of his room possesses the same mentality-an pore, and also proved of much ser was made and letters sent by Leong inquisitive mind.
vice to the Police by securing Soo from Hong Kong, were found.
group photographs of the members Hong Kong Police, and Leong Soo A telegram was at once sent to the
of the Anarchist Party.
was brought back to Singaporo where she was interrogated,
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An Anarchist Party
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Instructional Value Points to be observed by the In conclusion "Rambler" desires novice in this narrative are: respectfully to draw special atten- (a) That "Rambler" availed him-tion to the valuable advice of those self of the chance opportunity of responsible for directing the in- During the inquiry it came out gossiping in a Japanese inn investigation: also the co-operation Man, was an that another Cantonese, Lok Ngai Seremban, and picked up informa- of his superiors and colleagues,
associate of Wong Seng and that he was hiding him- self. From the Northern Settle- ment news came that he was iù Singapore and Rambler" hadün his head a faint idea of Lok Ngai-man's connection with a certain shop in Singapore. A money order of live dollars was sent under a false name. from Johore addressed to Lok Ngai- man, c/o this shop, with the idea that should Lok Ngai-man be in Singapore, he would visit the Post Office to cash it. Instructions were left with the Post Office to inform the Police when anyone holding the receipt should appear. However, Lok Ngai-man was at this time in China and not in Singapore. The 3.5 letter addressed to him was sent to
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