CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 435

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hoo other persons below when I was put below _ on the 17% another man was brought on board and put below - on the 18th four or five men were brought on board - the vessel remained at "Thap 6 heong" on the 17t

and 18t

of May._ on the

19th of May there being there eight or nine persons on board we all began to cry, the foreigners told us to desit, we did not and four foreigners Came down below and flogged four of us, one after the other, each man had his arms spread out fastened to stanchions and his queue fastened above so that his toes Just touchest the ground, each man was flogged with a rattan and kicked, also stuck with fists - Iwas one of the four men flogged. I received Many blows but I cannot state how many, (hitness exhibits marks on his back as of flogging) a man named "Tow ng hee" was another of the four flogged, he was flogged very severely. beaten with fists and kicked, he was.

crying when he was hed up, and when being flogged he became powerless and insensible, and when he

was unted he fell stown, be there mime= chalety began to vomit blood, after he was inted the foreigners rubbed salt on his back; his back was

bleeding, he was removed from the

place under the hatchway where he fell, by

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