CO129-570-14 Sino-Japanese War- attack on fishing junk by Japanese sailors 18-5-1938 - 22-12-1938 — Page 46

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Statement taken in the Korloon

Hospital at 09,55 hours on 6-5.38.

Detective Office,

ater Police Statim,

Kowloon,

6th May, 1938.

CHENG SHU 17 years, Spinster,

Residing on Fishing Junk No.29111.W,

Native of Shaukiwan, Hong Kong,

States!-

I have been employed on the above junk as

a cook for over a year.

My mother, HO SHAP HUI lives in an unnumbered hut

on the sea front at Shankiwan. My father has been dead 7 years.

Two of my brothers, CHENG KUN YAU, 23, and

CHENG HUNG FUX 33, both were employed as fokis on the same junk.

There wore about 40 persons on our junk.

At about 09.00 hours on 3.5.38, the junk was off

MAN SHAN when a motor boat came from a Japanese warship. About

27 Japanese dressed in Khaki uniforms came on board and at once

commenced to tie all our hands behind our backs, after which they began to shoot everyone including six children who were on board. As the people were shot their bodies were thrown into the

hold. I saw three of our fokies named CHEUNG SHAP NG and

others whose names I do not know, jump into the water. I was both stabbed and shot, after which I fell to the deck. I was then

thrown into the hold. The Japanese poured kerosens over the junk

and set it on fire. When they had gone I went to the bow of the junk. I was accompanied by another woman named CHAN KUM MUI who had also been wounded and thrown into the hold. We were the only

left alive on board. There was a heap of corpses in the hold.

After the junk burned for a while, it began to

rain and this combined with sea water, I threw, put out the fire.

On the following day (4.5.38) CHAN KU MUI and