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 98

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Mr. Proctor then went to the bank and returned with

the receipts for the two cheque books from which counter-

foils were missing and the receipts were found to be for the full number of the cheques.

Mr. King D.C.I., was then sent for and took charge

of the case.

On Mr. Black's instruction, Mr. Tsang On Wing and

Mr. Cheung Man Kun made a search in the waste paper at

the Treasury and found the cover (cut away where it

projected beyond the counterfoils) of cheque books series

K

K

6 236201 to 6 236800, on which the last mentioned

figures had been altered to 236770 and initialled (initial undecipherable) and portions of the like cover of book

K

series 6 238601

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K

6 239200 on which the last mentioned

figures had been altered to 239170. This alteration

did not purport to be initialled.

Mr. Tsang's desk was searched and nothing of a

compromising nature was found.

The handwriting in the body of the cheques bore a striking resemblance to that of Mr. Tsang On Wing, but

when shown the cheques on the afternoon of the 18th January, he denied that it was his.

Mr. Tsang On Wing was detained by the Police on the

strength of the similarity in the handwriting in the

body of the cheques and of his having had the custody

of the books from which the cheques were missing and

having failed to report that the cheques were missing.

Mr. Cheung Man Kun was also detained by the Police.

On the following day Mr. Tsang was asked if he would

care to make any statement to account for the missing

cheques, and made a statement which he signed.

statement he set out the general procedure in dealing

In this

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