CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 28

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maker of these confessions dropped his old black leather left shoe when he and the Swiss man grappled with each other and rolled down stairs from the upper floor. shoe made of Hong Kong leather was (one of a pair) purchased from Messrs. Fung Cheung, shoe and hat dealers in the French Concession at Tientsin. Surely this leather

left shoe is now kept by the Authorities in charge of the case. Examination may be made to see if the facts stated

by the No.1 maker of these confessions are correct.

6.

We two men only, Chuk Chung-leung and Yuen Hon-

tsun, No.1 and No.2 makers of these confessions respectively, are the men who, through being animated

by patriotism, killed the Chinese traitor Ching Sik-kang.

The four Chinese No other person took part in the plot.

brethren who were arrested after the occurrence had

nothing to do with the case. Were they our confederates, after their arrest we certainly could not have remained in school to attend our lessons so safely as we did

until the summer vacation which began at the end of June

when we left Tientsin and came down to the South.

they really been our confederates, they would hardly have refrained from giving any information about the internal affairs in relation to our plot, and the result

Moreover up to

would certainly have been harmful to us.

Had

This

the beginning of July when we safely left Tientsin, there

was nothing in their statements to concern us. 7 suffices to show that these four Chinese brethren had

nothing to do with the case.

As conscience, morality, law and righteousness

dictate, we have made the above statement to explain the

motive which sent us to assassinate the Chinese traitor

Ching Sik-kang, the course of events which have happened,

the offer which we are making today to surrender

ourselves to the Hong Kong Government and the facts which

prove that the four Chinese brethren arrested were in no

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