CO129-324 - Governor Nathan - 1904 [10-12] — Page 367

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I am at present not disposed to favour the

bringing of a formal charge against Yeung tsing-xal, the Commander

of a Chinese Gunboat. It is evident that he was acting under the orders of Li Ka Cheuk, who again had his authority from the Acting Viceroy Tax; and if Yeune is indicted formally, the question of official complicity will be directly involved, and the other prosecutions will, so far as I can judge, be strenuously resisted. The murder occurred three and a half years ago, the Acting Vice-

roy fax is dead, Li Ka Cheur was banished to Mongolia last April by the present Acting Viceroy, and the evidence against Yeung himself is none too strong. I would therefore propose to keep the case against this man in reserve; and, if the vicercy treats the charges against Tung Tseung and Ng Lo Sar in a satisfactory manner, to make it and the evidence of official complicity the subject of a strong warning when finally winding up the matter.

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