CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 186

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WONG LOI, 40 years, seaman on Steam Launch KWONG HING, 242

Reclamation Street 3rd floor, of Hong Kong, states:-

I am a seaman on the Steam Launch KWONG HING, the

彭 34 140 釗

Coxswain of which is PANG KAN CHIU, there are another six

fokies on board.

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17 On 21.1.40 at 12.00 hours the KWONG HING left PENG

CHAU for Shaukiwan towing Trading Junk No. T1703H with a

cargo of chickens, ducks, pigs and earthenware.

About 15.30 hours when sailing off FUNG BAY I saw

When

a Japanese trawler coming towards us from the opposite direction.

The trawler was painted grey, had two masts, one funnel and

was flying a Japanese Mercantile Flag at its stern. about 100 feet away the Japanese shouted but I could not understand their dialect. They waved their hands, indicating

We

that we should stop. The KWONG HING slowed down and the

trawler came along on the starboard side of the launch. were approximately mile East of the mouth of FUNG BAY. Four Japanese boarded the launch. Three were dressed in khaki uniform and were armed with one revolver and two rifles

The fourth was dressed in blue uniform

They made signs for us to tie up the

with fixed bayonets.

One of the

and was not armed.

KWONG HING to the trawler but we refused.

Japanese then took a baton out of his hip pocket and started to strike the coxswain, another seaman and myself.

The other Japanese with the rifle, stuck a bayonet in my right buttock. We then tied the ropes and the trawler 三門 went ahead to tow the launch in the direction of SAM MUN.

One of the Japanese with a rifle and bayonet

tried to make the coxswain ring the engine room to start the engine. The coxswain refused and the Japanese went into the engine room and forced the engineer to start his engines. When half way to SAM MUN KWAN a Japanese took

down the British Mercantile Flag and covered up with canvas