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two villages, and ultimately detained and took back to

Nim Shan seventeen men from Wong Po and eleven men from

Siu Mok. These men were those who had been employed

as carriers by the pirates. They stated that when the

warships were sighted, the pirates about twenty in number had fled from Wong Po to the hills at Kat Lung, taking

the five hostages with them. The pirates had maintained watchmen at all times to look out for troops and warships.

The military party made a search of the

surrounding hills, but without result.

returned to Nim Shan on the 10th October.

The troops

On the 11th October I again sent my agents

to the neighbourhood. They returned on the 14th October, and reported that on the 13th October two of the hostages

were taken away from Siu Mok in a junk with a yellow

sail. My agents also obtained the names of some of the

pirates.

(Sd.) T. Murphy.

Assistant Director of Criminal

Intelligence.

27. 10. 28.