CO129-501-3 Chinese situation- Protection of British subjects of Chinese race 23-10-1926 - 21-12-1927 — Page 183

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Enclosure do. 11 in Swatow No. 92 of October 25, 1926.

The Commissioner for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Consul Kirke.

Robbery from Teo Yee Swee's House.

October 6, 1926.

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sir,

With reference to your allegation that the police treated

Too Yee Swen brutally, the Chief of Police rerorts :

The robbery took place in the middle of the night. The

police, seeing that Teo Yee Swee was nervous and flurried and

that his utterances were wild and excited, became suspicious

and accordingly took him to the police station.

There they

examined him and escertained the facts and then relessed him.

He received no ill-treatment.

However, as the officer in

charge of the No. 4 Folice Station failed to carry out his

duties in a proper manner, he has been relieved of his post.

Ch'en Te-shih, dh'en Nu-tzu, luang Jung-shen, three of the

robbers in this case, have been arrested and shot.

The police could not prevent the robbery from happening,

all they could do was to exert every endeavour to arrest the

robbers. The officer in charge of Eo. 4 Station has been

relieved of his post, and Teo Yee Swee's annoyance at being

taken to the Police Station is no longer justifiable.

I have the honour to request that you will inform Teo

Tee Swee accordingly.

I have etc.

Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.