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[4th witness Li Mun.]
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313. Was it licensed anywhere else besides being licensed in Hong
nowhere else.
Kong? No.
314. How long have you owned that junk? It was over ten years ago since I bought it. 315. What do you reckon its value was in September of this year? About $10,000. 316. Tell me which place you consider to be your home port? Shaukiwan.
317. Do you remember sailing from Shaukiwan in September? Yes.
318. What date? On the 19th September my junk sailed from Shaukiwan. 319. Was there another junk with yours when you sailed from Shaukiwan? Yes. 320. Whose junk was that? The other junk formed the pair and was owned by Ying-
kit, I don't know his surname.
321. Where did you go from Shaukiwan? Our pair went out to catch fish some-
where off Chelong lighthouse.
322. On what date did you arrive there? On the 22nd September we were there. 323. What day did you arrive there? I arrived on the 21st September.
324. In the daytime could you see the lighthouse? No; but we saw the light at night. 325. On the morning of the 22nd did you start fishing in this place? Yes.
326. Who were you fishing with? With Ying-kit's junk.
327. Were there any other junks near you that morning? Yes.
328. How many? to junks excluding us.
329. Were they also fishing in pairs like you were? Yes.
330. Do you know the names of the masters of these other junks? No, I don't know
the names of the masters of these other junks.
331. Do you know a man called Lam Fuk-tai? No..
332. Do you know a man by the name of Shek Kai-cheung? No.
333. You were fishing there that morning-what sort of weather was it? Fine weather,
calm day with sunshine.
334. Good fishing weather? Yes, quite suitable.
335. What time did you start fishing that morning? At daybreak-about 6 a.m. 336. Did you notice anything unusual whilst you were fishing that morning? Whilst
fishing we noticed a submarine about 9 a.m. She sailed towards us.
337. Where were you when you noticed the submarine? We were somewhere off
Chelong lighthouse.
338. Where were you personally standing on your junk? I was at the stern when I
saw this submarine.
339. Why do you call it a submarine? Because she submerged to a very great extent
under the water-that is why I call it a submarine.
340. Chairman: You mean when you first saw her? Yes, when I first saw her she was
much submerged.
341. Mr. Whyatt: Describe to me that part of the submarine which was not sub- merged. Only the castle or fortress (conning tower). I saw that castle, and when it was near enough to fire we were hit.
342. The castle you mention, whereabouts was it was that in the front or in the
stern? Amidships.
343. Describe the rest of that vessel. You have described the castle being amidships. I could not see either the bow or the stern because they were submerged-I only saw that little castle.
344. How far was it when you saw that little castle amidships? As far as from here
to Yaumati" when I first saw it.
* A distance of about 1 miles.
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345. Did it come nearer to your junk? Yes, nearer and nearer.
[4th witness Li Mun.]
346. How near did it come to your junk? As far as from the witness box to the back
door of the court-about the length of this room.
347. Before it came as close as that, did you see it doing anything to the other
junks? I did not see that.
348. Did you hear anything before it came as near as that to you? I heard nothing. 349. Is your hearing normal? Yes, I am not deaf.
350. The submarine came quite near to you what did she do? We all got
frightened and we went inside the hold.
351. Why were you frightened? Because this sort of submarine we have heard fired
at fishing junks and burned them afterwards therefore we got frightened.
352. You went down to the hold you say, did you hear anything after that?
Gunfire.
353. Did anything happen to your junk after you heard that gunfire? The first shot
that hit our junk sent the bows of the boat down.
354. Chairman: You mean that the junk sank by the bow? Yes.
355. Mr. Whyatt: After that first shot was fired were there any other shots fired?
A second shot hit the junk amidships.
356. And was there any other shot after that? Yes, a third shot was fired and hit
the stern.
357. And what did it do when it hit the stern? The junk was sunk after the third
shot and I and the others came on to the deck and went on the mainsail.
358. Where was your wife when the third shot was fired? She was inside the cabin. 359. Whereabouts is that? In the stern.
360. She was in the stern cabin-was anyone else in the stern cabin with her? No one else other than my wife was inside this stern cabin but I was standing at the door of this cabin.
361. What happened to your wife when the third shot was fired? She was killed
together with other three.
362. Who were the other three? Those other three were my daughters. 363. Where were they when they were killed? Inside the same cabin with my wife. 364. Teil me the ages of these three daughters. 2, 6 and 8. 365. Did you look into the cabin after the third shell had struck your junk? After
the third shell I looked into the cabin and I saw they were all dead.
366. Apart from their dead bodies what did the rest of the cabin look like? There
was a big hole in the cabin and then the junk went down.
Sitting adjourned at 12.40 p.m.
Resumed at 2.30 p.m.
367. Li Mun on former declaration (continued).
368. Mr. Whyatt: Li Mun, when the court adjourned you told us that the third shot had been fired at your junk and your junk was then in a sinking condition? Quite
correct.
369. After the third shot was fired did you see where the submarine went? It went in
an easterly direction.
370. Did it go towards any of the other junks? Yes.
371. Which junk? I don't know.
372. Did you notice anything about this submarine apart from what you have described as its colour and what you have called the castle? I saw some men standing on this castle.
373. Tell me, could you describe what they looked like? They were in uniform.
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