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On the 29th. of March, I So, the mother of Kwok
On, personally saw Cheung Cho Ting who told her, that his real
business was that of a Chinese Official that he had come down to
Hongkong to arrest Hung Sam Tsin Sui alias Hung Tsun Fuk, and
that he had had her son arrested so that me might not spoil his
business.
The Government afterwards obtained from Canton
a photograph purporting to be the photograph of the supposed Hung Chun Puk. This photograph has been identified by Wong So and Kwok On as the same as that shown to them by the Nam Hoi Magistrate. Ip Ho also recognises .it as that of her husband,
and the crew of the coffin boat as that of the dead body.
In an interview, which Mr. Scott, His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton had with Yang Taotai, the Viceroy's Chief Secretary concerning this matter on April 18th. Mr. Yang assured the Consul-General that whatever had been done was the work of the Admiral Ho of the Bogue Forts and his subordinates. Mr. Yang seemed also anxious to learn whether the body was reall -ly that of the rebel Hung or not. He also stated that Admiral Ho had submitted a report to the Viceroy to the effect that Hung had been captured on the high seas by one of his cruisers commanded by an Officer named Lo Shang and also that, on the strength of the Admiral's report, the throne had been memorializ -ed that Bung had been captured.
It has been ascertained that on or about the 27th. of March a petty official named Lam Wa Chi came to Hong- kong to enquire if there was any truth in the rumour, that a man who resided on the 2nd. Bloor of 305 Des Voeux Road West had been drugged and taken away in a boat. He said the deceased man's name was Hung Tsun Fuk. The body was taken to Admiral Ho at Fu Mun (Bogue Forts) and thence it was forwarded
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