CO129-517-9 Smuggling of Chinese into United Kingdom and America 14-5-1929 - 9-9-1930 — Page 6

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1 3 OCT 1930'

OFFICE

Police Headquarters,

Hong Kong.

19th August, 1930.

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Director of Criminal Intelligence,

I executed a search warrant under the Forgery

Ordinance for forged passports and documents on the 11th

August, 1930, at 31 Des Voeux Road Central 2nd floor.

The sign "Kung Wo Cheong" (#) in Chinese

was exhibted outside the entrance door to the premises at

the 2nd floor landing and there was a similar sign inside

the floor, but there was no sign or other indication of the

existence of this firm at the street entrance to these

premises via a common stairway.

There was an office and accountant's room on the

floor.

There was an "L" shaped counter with the usual

There were

stock of account books behind this counter.

two safes in the accountant's room.

There was one cubicle behind the accountant's

room and a tier of bunk beds fronting on a passageway.

Trunks and boxes were piled up against one of the party

walls. The premises had the general appearance of a

immigration boarding house on a small scale.

WONG SAU NGA (黄秀雅) was present. He produced

the key for the locked safe, other safes unlocked, which

he opened for inspection. Chinese passports, identity

books, and other papers referring to Chinese in the United

Kingdom were found there, but these documents appear to be invalid (out of date). WONG SAU NGA produced documents relating to himself when in business in England.

There were also in this safe a number of

declarations in respect of intending emigrants to United