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at any rate when the certificate of Merit (see translation of

Exhibit F) was awarded to chan Tai on alias Chan Lam Taai, who

was subsequently executed because a communication from the then

Police

Captain Superintendent of Polpce at Hong Kong was found upon

him; and when the other rewards referred to in evidence at the

trial were given to Lui Chui alias Li Kwai Fan and others.

I leave His Majesty's Government to consider what reparat-

ion should be sought for the action of these officials, but I

would suggest that pressure be put on the Chinese Government to

cashier them from the Public Service, and that compensation in

$50,000 be paid by the Canton Government to the widow and

family of Yeung Kul Wan.

9.

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In another despatch of this date I am giving the parti-

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culars of a second murder in Hong Kong with the connivance of 103

the Chinese Authorities. While it is the duty of this Governmen

to prevent Hong Kong being used as a centre of action against

the peace of the neighbouring provinces, it would be intolerable

if the lives of suspected persons in this Colony were to be at

the mercy of unscrupulous Chinese officials acting in many

cases upon information obtained under torture and utterly

unreliable.

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