CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7] — Page 163

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 5th May, 1922.

137

I have the honour to inform you that on the

31st December, 1921, an Indian clerk in the Accounts Office

of the Police Department, Fatteh Mohamed, was arrested as a

result of the receipt in that office of a bill for ruge

stated to have been supplied for use in the Police

Ambulances. The nature of the articles supplied and their high cost excited suspicion and it was eventually discovered that the rugs had been supplied for his own personal use. Further enquiries were at once instituted and very considerable defalcations came to light with the result that Fatteh Mohamed was charged at the February Criminal Sessions on several counts and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment while an accomplice outside Government service received twelve months' imprisonment on similar charges.

The total defalcations amount to £21,798.02

2.

made up as follows:-

Payment for Shore Guards received

but not paid to Government Account.... 85091.40

Shortage in Shore Guards Account

probably due to Fatteh Mohamed........ Indian Family Remittances....

30.31

662.03

$5783.74

Stores, etc., never supplied......

$16014.28

Total

$21798.02

3.

In consequence of the embezzlementa in 1919

by Mr. Chan Pui, a former Accountant in the Police

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P.,

Department

&c..

AC.

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