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the Crown Solicitor (Mr. Johnson), reporting that Tong Sam had been charged before the Police Magistrate with having by force or fraudulent
means taken Ch'an Tim
from
the
Colony for the purpose of handing him over to the Chinese authorities, and asking that the Chinese ~ Authorities should be requested to allow Ch'an Tim to be brought to HongKong to give his evidence in support of the charge against ~~ Fong dam. The Acting Consul was also informed that the Law Officer of the
the Crown (the Attorney General)
had advised that this case was
one in which a pressing representation
should
K
should at once be made to the Chinese
authorities
for
the restoration of Chan
Fim, who, whether a Chinese subject
or not, was
living under the
protection of the laws of this Colony, and whose alleged abduction was,
therefore, a violation
6.
of
those laws.
To this letter an answer
A
was reseived from the Consul, -enclosing the translation of communication from the Viceroy
was arrested in
in
in which it is stated that the prisoner committed his offence
Chinese territory, Chinese territory, and that the Chinese officials should deal with
him in accordance with the law.
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