CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 436

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Teng Shui states:

REG? 27 JUN 19

I found the body of Tang Cheong on the 23rd. Upon inspection, a chain was locked round the neck and there were 3 gunshot wounds. I could not detach the chain and the body was buried with the chain attached. I had been looking for the body 5 days. Tang Cheong's widow told me to look for it. She did not tell me where to look. A man from Wen Chau told me where to look. I do not know him or his name.

Tang Po states:

On the 23rd ult., Tang Shui came and told me the body of Tang Cheong was found. I went and viewed it. I recognised it as the body of my father. Blood was flowing from the nose. There was a chain round the neck which we could not detach and we buried the body on the same day with the chain round the neck.

I believe my father was murdered by Tang Tsing Sz, Tang I Snek, Tang Suf Nin, Tang Chü San, and Tang Chak Tin. Ng Fung Cheong told me he saw Tang Tsing Sz put 3 chains round my father's neck, at Un Long. Ng Fung Cheong took off two of the chains but could not take off the third. That was in the Un Long Meeting House. Just then Tang Tsing Sz came up and asked him not to take off the third chain. Ng Fung Cheong then ran away. I saw Tang Tsing Sz and others come into Un Long on the 17th ult., about...