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(mentioned in Captain Deaue's letter), but

that he. ( Inspector Perry).

1) was not at liberty

to di

as

divulge

the

the

AXA QAR

information

of his informont,

tvas

given under a

promise of secrecy and in strict confidence

with a view to assist the Police in

obtaining evidence to aid the prosecuting

into the

alleged

abduction

of the enquiry of Ch'an F'iu alias Chan Kam Shin,

Impector Perry further informed me, in answer to question pect by

me to him, that his informant had told him that

certain mandarius had come

to

Hongkong and that one of these

mandarius had stated to him in a

conversation which he had had with

him that they had come down to effect capture of a Political Offender,

the

( not mentioning his name);

that

they

they

they experieused difficulty in effecting such captieres, but that the means

6 friend of

employed.

were to inderce some

the offender to assist them; that this friend by

of false representations would induce the offender to quit-o Hongkong for Chicove Territory, where he would be immediately seized by the

Chinese Authorities who would be

lying in wait for him.

Inspector Perry has no doubt that this is what happened with an

regard to Chian Tim.

He has however been unable to

strengthen the evidence already taken before the Magistrate (ell: Wodehouse), as he cameot call his informcent . witures nor has the information received from this

as a

source enabled him

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