CO129-573-12 Mui Tsai system and alleged slave markets 23-6-1938 - 7-1-1939 — Page 37

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BRITISH OWNED NEWSPAPER OFFICE RAIDED

HONGKONG POLICE SEARCH PREMISES

IDENTITY OF ARTICLE WRITER REFUSED

SERVIC

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY

POLICE RAIDED THE OFFICES OF THE BRITISH OWNED "UNDAY

HERAD

TODAY FOLLOWING THE REFUSAL OF THE EDITOR, MR. WALTER

KEATES, TO DIVULGE THE IDENTITY OF THE AUTHOR OF AN ARTICLE MICH

APPEARED IN THE PAPER LAST SUNDAY.

THE ARTICLE ALLEGED THAT CHINESE GIRLS WERE RECENTLY SOLD BY

AUCTION IN HONGKONG FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES.

WHILE THE POLICE CARRIED OUT A SEARCH OF THE PREMISES FOR

DOCUMENTS SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE CASE, THE STAFF

WATCHED WITH FOLDED ARMS GIVING THEM NO ASSISTANCE. REUTERS SPECIAL.

S/MAP/AEH..J

..JUNE 22.38.