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Pirated again
S.L.WAH SUE. Also on Hongkong-Shan Mei run.
while at anchor in PING HOI Harbour on 22.5,22, by several man
who came alongside in sampans,
tue robbers left in sampans.
Ship taken to SAM LIU where
Money, jewellery and clothing
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stolen to the value of over $5,000.
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SL, SAN ON Pirated between TAI PO and SHA YU CHUNG on the
On the TAI PO SHA YU 4th October, 1922, at about 9.30 .M.
CHUNG runs
Taken to NGO KUNG where the robbers disembarked in a junk and sailed to TAU TAU SHAN near SAN LIU (Bias Bay
East). 9 men - spoke Hoklo and other dialects, armed with
revolvers which they brought on board at TAI PO concealed in à clock. Money, Jewellery and clothing stolen.
No Cargo
stolen.
(6) S., SUI AN. H.K., Canton & Macao Steamboat Company, River steamer on Hongkong-Maçao run, pirated on 19,11.22 about 10 miles from Macao, while on a voyage from Macao to Hongkong. carrying approx: 60 saloon passengers, 135 second class and 220 3rd class passengers, Pirates about 60 in number boarded
the ship in Macao. They shot dead 2 Indian Guards end wounded, the Captain, 2 Guards and 2 passengers, Ship taken to TSANG
CHAU Island, N.E. of Bias Bay, Pirates left in campans which came from the shore. Money, jewellery and clothing stolen to
the value of over $34,000, Firates spoke Hakka and Holo and
were all armed with revolvers or rifles. Some of them had a
knowledge of English. They were probably mostly natives of the villages in the Bias Bay area. Subsequently on information
one man was arrested in a Shanghai Boarding House in possession
of 15 revolvers, He was supposed to have participated in
the SUI AN Piracy. He was banished from Hongkong for a period
of 10 years and handed over to the French Authorities in
Shanghad. Beveral informera came forward after the piracy with
information regarding the identity of the pirates but it is
doubtful if any of the information was really accurate and no
useful results were obtained from the information given. The
Piracy was reported to General CHAN KWING MING who was then in
power in Canton and a Chinese Gunboat carring troops was sent
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