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KIDNAPPERS'

VICTIM

THE release of Mr Wong

Sik-pun, after being held for fortnight by his kidnappers, has undoubted- ly been a source of great relief to his anxious family. But it is a pity that we cannot say that this case has been concluded in a way that will please every- one in longkong. For it was not the Police who found Mr Wong and, read ing between the lines of the brief oficial communique yesterday morning, it seems thut they have still to be told a lot about this case before inquiries cab terminated.

It would be unreasonable to blame the Police for not finding Mr Wong, even if he were held in a house in Hongkong, and it is not the intention of this comment

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No. 37911

Established 1845

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1961.

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Peking critical of Moscow policies SINO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS COOL

Russo

Ideological differences an aid squabble

Chinese

London, Feb. 27. differences,

allegedly

resolved at the recent Communist

Moscow

#

'summit" meeting, were

authoritatively reported today to have

flared up anew.

from

Diplomatic dispatches behind the Iron Curtain elted evidence that Peking is critical of the policy and tacties of its Soviet ally

In addition to political, and Ideological differences there are

to deplore their failure. Itatro economie squabbles, starte

by the apparent slowness in Moscow to step up aid to Chinu on a vast scale.

is rather to stress that what has happened twice in one family could happen to

others if underworld Το date, the reports said, elements decided to try

there is no sign that Russia is and profit from the exumple help ng to fool the high bill for of this case. It is an alter- Peking's vast grain purchases in the West, They have beca native which may seem re-

necessitated by near-famine mote but which cannot be conditions in China, discounted. THE fact that this form of

Routine crime has not up to now been prevalent in Hongkong is immaterial. There have been numerous cases in Sin- gupore to such an extent Indeed that it caused an exodus of millionaires for more secure climes. the Police should not need

KIDNAPPED

MAN

QUESTIONED

"Police have finished ques- tioning my father for the time being but they might Nor bas Russin apparently come back for more. China boyond offered to channel supplies 10 This was stated by Me Ray- those previously rund Wong, son of the million- agreed upon under mitual trade aire banker, Wong Sik-pun, who arrangements. A Russian trade | was released yesterday after be- mission now in Peking was ing held by kidnappers for two said to be tackling routine mat-weeks in an unidentified house Anders rather than to have volun- In Hongkong."

secred large scale aid.

A government spokesman said

morning however

to be convinced that Hong-how one report described

"The row is on again"-this is this

the "Police enquiries are kong people could be simi- current Sino-Russian relation- tinuing." larly persecuted. It is ship.

Wong Sik-pun is reating

to fused

that соп-

to-

because a situation like this The Internal Chinese econo-day, his son confirmed, but re- must at all costs be avoided mie troubles were believed that we emphasise the need today to pursue the Wong

Case to the stage of making arrests, and of securing

from both Mr Wong and

to disclose his father's have added a note of irritation whereabouts which remains a

mystery to the press and

to the latest squabble.

orders abroad, chiefly

China is known to have placed public,

the

in Aus- In answer lo a China Mail

tralia and Canada, for more question as to whether the kid- than two million tons of whent rappers hau talked terms with his family the utmost co- to date. This puts a consider his father, Raymond said, "That operation to bring thisbie crain on Peking's dollar Information ought to come from about.

and sterling reserves, believed the police. I myself don't The feelings and the fears of to the limited.

know," More

recently, China has

a kidnapped man are not hard to imagine and they even placed grain orders in

NOT SURE

France. Some of these In- Nor did he know whether the, will arouse general sym-cidentally are earmarked for gangsters hod demanded pathy. In the case of Mr through-shipment to Albania, ransom.

Chini's sole bucker In satellite Europe In the dispute with Moscow.

Wong Sik-pun, not only has he been their victim, but his son as well, and if ho has been reluctant to make full disclosures to avoid adding to his troubles, it will hardly be surprising.

UT the point is that the supporter Bpolice have spent a lot of struggle.

of her own plight.-UPI.

did Quesiton: "Why

the gangsters kidnap your father?" Raymond: "I suppose they kidnapped him for money but I am not sure."

DIVISION

В

CARS LEAP OVER RAL

THE DUKE HAS TRIGGER FINGER TROUBLE

London, Feb. 28.

It probably isn't funny to Prince Philip, but London newspapers today had

a field day with an infected cuticle on the Royal trigger finger.

Names of

missing policemen

"Crisis of the Prince's trigger finger," headlined the Daily Mail, and went on to tell how the Queen's husband's plans to shoot ger in Nepal "struck o shag."

The Daily Mirror, which printed a two-page editoria), complete with pictures, lambast- Ing the Duke's tiger hunt ચા India last month, showed little sympathy today for the Prince. "On the eve of the big tiger shoot. the Duke has trigger-

It

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FOUR

EDITIONS

TOMORROW

Tomorrow, Wednesday,

a specially interesting

day for China Mail rest?-

Government today released Anger trouble," said the Mirror

the names of the three in a page one banner.

The Evening News said the missing British Policemen

Infection way "bitter dis. whose steel lifeboat was appointment" to the Prince.

Int the afternoon, the reported missing after a tactfully did not

Financial mention the

Becretary, Mr jast Sunday morning trip to row over

month's tiger- A. G. Clarke will present shoot, Tolo Harbour.

the budget for the coming But the Daily Sketch printed financial year, Earlier a picture of a bandaged index the Governor, Sir Robert Anger and made the tongue-in- Black, will make his tra- chek cemment: The super-

Review of the

They are J. A. T. Christie, aged 22, I. D. M. Kent, 25.

últional Hood V. F. D. Chapman, 23, All three were probationary sub-inspec- tors and joined Force in 1859,

the

Police

The search is continuing but A day before Wong was re- leased by the thugs early yes-up 11 2 pm today no word had terday morning, a

Fishing mysterious been heard of them. woman phoned the Kowloon Junks as woll City police station saying that have been asked to keep Weng Sik-pun had been dis-look-out for them.

as ocean linees

Straining Despite her own shertcomings Question: "Did they get what China is strainting to the they wanted?" utmost to keep

Raymond: "I'm sorry. I don't, in with her in the

ideological know." and to wis new Question: "Why did the kid-

nappers release your father?" time and gone to a lot of friends, notably in Afrien,

"That's Raymond: trouble on this case: and In order to do this China is as we have alrendy said helping some of the African question but I'm sorry I have the lives and safety of more nations and Albania financially no answer to it."

economically, Irrespective than two people may be in- and volved. Most important is that the interests of justice must be served and polen- tial desperadoes deterred. This can only be done if tho Police are given all the information and help they need. Kidnapping is one of the most despicable forms of critne that exist. It is one we dare not let take root in in the United Arab Republic Wong was blindfolded Hongkong. And

UPI cable stated that last year gagged, with his hands fled bo-

Tho searth which though the manhunt for Mr the UAR Government nationalis- bind his back shortly before the mounted yesterday was resume Wong has ended, the case ed all major Belgian concems thugs took him on a 30-minute ed at dawn today. is far from closed. The...Including the Belgian Ban-ride and dropped him in King'a- public will watch for fur-

even

SEIZURE OF

BANK

| covered un tiny island off To

In addition, village penetra- Kwa Wan

It is

squnds, now believed that this ton

Marine Police to divert daunches, Naval vessels as well was part of the plot In a report published in yes- police attention while the gang- na Army, RAF and HKAAF terday's Ching Mail concerning siers

about to release planes are continuing a search

routes the seizure of Belgian property Wong,

of the possible

they and took.

que."

This was not the

were

re-

김

The three men are all bache- road near Wing Hag-street, ther; results that will bring Belge pour L'Etranger (Extreme-his son, Wong Ying-kau's

Banque Causeway Bay, in the vicinity oflors and in their early 20s. They Jare attached to the Police Train- this mysterious cane with Orient). S. A. but the Banque sidence.

ing Contingent at Fanling. so many questions begging Belge Internationale en Egypte answers, to a successful and which has nothing whatever to fully explained conclusion. do with the first numed bank.

Few Belgians affected by expulsion order

Those

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BATTLE OF WITS The case has now become battle of wits between the thugs and the police.

With new Information on en alnce. hand, Police are now said to be right on the heels of the gang. Last night, a Inrge number of police were mobilised to rearch and certain areas in Kowloon

SUEZ COLLISION

The bag

Meghaull, Feb, 27. One of the 110st elaborate tiger shoots ever to be organised ended Lonight with a total bar of one tiger and a rhizoceros. Nepalese had hoped that the Duke of Edinburgh would alone have bagged at least three tigers,

But the Duke hind, an infected trigger finger and was forced to confine liim shooting to movie and still cameras from the back of an elephant.-Neuter,

Year.

And for race roers, Wednesday

is the second, annual reco

day of meeting.

For

(wa

the

coverage of these notable events, the China Mall has made spe arrangements cial.

and will publish, tastead of its normal three edillons, four.

For

tho

lafont race results, all the local and overseas news of the day. for the Governor's Review of the Year, and the Budget hero are the publishing times for Wednesday's four editions.

Noon edition; at noon. Late Final: 1.30 pm. Late Final Extra: 3.45

pm. Budget Special: 5

Pr.

ROCKET NEARLY HITS VILLAGE

The three mon left Kowloon (titious will say this is nature's on Sunday morning in a con- way of avoiding a. repetition of verted 30 ft steel lifeboat which the protesting clamour which they Intended sailing to Tolo surrounded tiger hunt number been one." harbour. They have not

Whether the Prince took part in the shoot or not, his mere prosence at the hunt was Crough to bring a "Vigorous protest" from the British

London, Feb, 27. League Against Cruel Sports.

The Royal Navy tonight was being expelied have Hongkong

Port Said, Feb. 27.

The Cairo, Feb. 27.

league called the hunt a investigating en accident which A minority of the 300 Belgians been given-a-week-to-leave-Besides-Repulse Bay, Shau-The Italian-Troighter-Nazaro disgustingly cruel display of gent an aircraft rocket smashing

the country.

klwan was also scoured for new | (7,173 tons),

tomfoolery and the Greek barbarian

which into Q

fold beside a row of Ilving In Egypt are expected to be affected by the expul-Hasann Abbas Zaki, Egyptian leads.

freighter Polyniki (7,123 tons), smeeks more of the decadent village cottages. sion orders being issued after) Region Minister of Economy, At 11 last night, over a hun were both slightly damaged Roman Empire than the usages

who has decision to brenic

The rocket did not explode, appointed dred policemen made a surprise when they coulded and went of democracy in the 2011 cem- Delgium's

custodian of Belgian propertyraid on an out-of-the-way spot aground In the Suez Canal early | tury."

and none of the 200 villagem of sequestrated by order of in the New Territories where today.

Somerset, If accused the Queen and the East Quantoxhead, and President Nasser, said today | gangsteru

underworld Both vessels, which were Prince of being "out of touch were Injured, that 40 companies with Bel- personplities were belloved to bound for the Far East; were with enlightened opinion in tho The aircraft, from a naval air later refloated and anchored at civilinech Commonwealth........by station, was practising over the continued late the Bitter Lakes for examiha-|their patronago of barbarious Admiralty rocket ranga In 'the'

tion..AP.

pleasures."UPT

Bristol Channol.-UPI,

of diplomatic relationa. withi the United Arab Republic, t was learned here today, Exemption is being granted on the grounds of age and use- Aul service to the state.

been

glan alares and the Indivi- have gatherett dual property of about 300 } The search Belgians is affected-Reuter, [into the night,

Temperature drops in N. Rhodesia

Lusaka, Feb. 27- The Immediate Northern to- Rhodesian reaction night to Sir Roy Welen- sky's speech was that the temperature had fallen and an open revolt which

last threatened

week now was unlikely to materialise,

-

More pptimistic observer's thought many, whites here would be prepared to make the best of what they considera bad job.

However, Mr Colin Cunning- harn, a Lusaka lawyer and unul recently loader of the extremist "Federal Fighting Force" gaid tonight he would wait days and then take action,

Sir John

a fow

Moffat, leader of the small Liberal opposition, ruid he was greatly relieved of the moderation of the Federal Frime Minister's speech,

Ho sald he hoped it would now be possible for the British proposals to be examined more dispassionately and for Northern This picture shows

two Rhodesla "to work out

their stock cars one driven by Log interfering." He expected more own Salvation without anyone Petty Randleman (left) and "violent Breworks" from the other by John Beau-Roy. champ (73), leaping the rail

Sir

по

at the top of a turn at the African reaction

So for there has been

but over the Daytona Beach Internation- past week the restraint shown

al speedway at high speed. by African leaders has amazed

mest people.-Reuter,

The crash came in tho final top of the 100-mile grand national stock car race, preliminary to the 500- mile international ovent.

suffered

.

EPIDEMIC

Djakarta, Feb. 27, Randleman

Smallpox and dysentery now broken leg but Beauchamp ravaging central Java have was unhurt.-AP photo.

killed 512 persons--Reuter.

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