CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939 — Page 35

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Detective Office,

Water Police Station.

Divisional Inspector, South,

Sir,

I submit herewith the attached statements and report in connection with an attack on Fishing Junk No.2323 H.D. by a Japanese motor boat which occurred about 1 miles N.42 W. of

SHA KONG MIU (ìt iz in British waters at 03.00 hours on

the 25th October, 1939.

The facts are as follows:-

At about 03.00 hours on the 25th October, 1939, two

members of the junk in question were fishing off LAU FAU SHAN

流浮山

) which is situated between NIM WAN (†2

灣

) and MONG TSENG (# ) in Deep Bay (British waters) when the

望井

steersman of the junk named CHAN LAU ((statement

attached) noticed a motor boat approaching his junk from the stern. He at once raised the alarm and a number of the crew including the master arrived up on deck. The crew of the motor boat then opened fire on the junk and the members of the crew of the junk retaliated by firing four shots from their rifles. The motor boat then circled around the junk and when the motor

boat was on the port side of the junk the master named PANG FUT

‹ 1 › fired his cannon at the motor boat which then steamed 、診佛 away in the direction of LIN TIN (11⁄2 15 ) Island. The junk

then set sail for Castle Peak. When sailing off CHEUNG SHA WAN

(i) at 05.00 hours they saw No.3 Police Launch and

reported the incident to Acting Sub-Inspector George, the Officer. in-Charge, who took aboard his launch a Chinese female named

彰富

PANG WO), age 17 years, who had been shot in the

buttock. The master and another Chinese female named PANG TIN

彭

77) also boarded the launch and were conveyed in to

Hong Kong where PANG WO was removed to the Kowloon Hospital.

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