CO129-579-9 Sino-Japanese War- release of interned Chinese soldiers 27-1-1939 - 7-12-1939 — Page 19

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G.

R.

Inquiry No.

1

of 1939.

ROGERS.

In Charge of the case-Inspector

Information of Witnesses severally taken and acknowledged on behalf of Our Sovereign

King George the Fifth at the House known as Police Court, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hong

Kong on the

19th

day of

January,

nine

before

Gentleman, Magistrate for the said

in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and thirty

ERIC HIMSWORTH,

Colony touching the death of MA HUNG, male, 40 years, deceased.

JURY:

1. JAMES DOIG PROVAN foreman

CESARIO MARIA XAVIER

2.

3.

VERDICT:

LI FOOK SHUN.

We find that the deceased was MA HUNG, who

died in Kowloon Hospital on January 3rd 1939 from

a gunshot wound incurred while trying to escape

from Ma Tau Chung internment camp on January 2nd.

We are of the opinion that the sentry DHAN SINGH

shot the deceased while carrying out his orders.

sa/ J.D. PROVAN

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LI FOOK SHUN C.M. XAVIER.

ERIC HIMSWORTH, Coroner.

19/1/39.