CO129-510-14 Report of committee of enquiry into discrepancies and losses in government departments in Hong Kong... 21-4-1928 - 24-10-1928 — Page 38

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understanding that the Government of Hong Kong

did not oppose it and Yeo was accordingly placed

on a steamer in charge of Canton Police. He

passed through Hong Kong on his way to Canton

and was sent back the following night by the

Canton Police and is now in custody in

Hong Kong awaiting his trial on charges of

forgery and of uttering forged documents.

I authorised the sending of

lir. T.M.Hazlerigg, Assistant Crown Solicitor,

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to Shanghai to look after the interests of this

Government in the matter, and he has been very

successful not only in having secured Yeo's

return to Hong Kong for trial, but also,by

exhaustive enquiries, he has been able to locate

large sums of money standing in the name of

Yeo and his wife in various banks in Shanghai

and America. Steps have been taken to prevent

the withdrawal of these moneys pending further

action and I have strong hopes that the ultimate

loss may as a result of Kr. Hazlerigg's energy

and discretion be reduced to a much smaller sum

than was originally anticipated.

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It is possible that the criminal

proceedings now being instituted against Yeo may

throw fresh light on the manner in which the

fraud was perpetrated, and I prefer to keep an

open mind on the subject of instituting civil

proceedings against the Bank until the

completion