CO129-528-11 Incident at Lok Ma Chau Police Station 14-11-1930 - 14-11-1930 — Page 28

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unperceived.

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→ the gun

Therefore in my opinion he must have taken #

upstairs before i.e. when he went in at 4.30 p.m.

I never Baw

after 5pm. B.543, but whenever we heard a shot we fired through the windows

in reply.

When I first ran into e compound, B.563 had

he had his rifle.

Wien ha reappeared in our room,

Therefore he must have bean to his maali

disappeared from under the tree.

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barrack room first. We four stayed in our barrack room until

about 7.30 p.m. Then I heard a shout from tie married quarters

"Come out all of you who are alive.* then went out through

the door by the kitchen, outside which I saw B.9 lyin, apparently

dead, and across compound and down. No shot was fired at us

from inside the station. I had already been out about 6.30 7.4.

by the same route and had a look round in order to attempt to

locate B.543 or a rescue party. I did that on my own. I found

the Bergeant's revolver just outside the compound gate. I went

no further but returned to the barrack room. I was not fired

atairs.

at from inside either coming or going. I dared not to uputil.

if we had.

we should have been under fire from both outside and in 1 did

not at any time look up tue inside staircase.

ad. Gurbarah Singh

Enquiry adjourned to Wednesday 20th August at 2 p.m.

20.8. Jury present.

ed. R. E. Lindsell

P.M. 15.8.30

Enquiry continued.

11th witness k.C.B.722 recalled, continues;

"When I ran in through the compound I had my revolver in my

right hand. It isn't true that it was in my holster.

Despite

the alarm ringing and my seven shots, the two officers in the

barrack roam were still asleep when I went in and roused them.

When I was rousing them, I heard 2 or 3 other shots fired

upstairs.

There may have been more. I can't recollect exactly.

B.543 did not enter the Station by the back door or go up the

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