CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 269

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buttook.

: ANO TIN (

The master and another Chinese female named

) also boarded the launch and

were conveyed in to Hong Kong where ANO VO was removed

to the Kowloon Hospital.

I visited the complainant's junk at CHING

SHAN KEUX (

) at about 15.00 hours same day

(25th October, 1939.

on boarding complainant's junk

CEAN DAU the steeraman handed me the part of a core

of a nickel bullet which he said he had found outside

the door of the forward cabin on the starboard wide of

the junk at 07.00 hours that morning. on my examination

of the junk I found a bullet hole on the starboară

side of the junk. I traced the course of the bullet and

found that after striking the starboard side of the

junk the bullet penetrated a wooden partition which divides

the forward and stern cabins. The bullet then struck

the baulk head and on rebounding struck complainant's

sister named "ANO YO in the right buttock.

I examined the two rifles which showed recent

signs of firing and smelt strongly of cordite. The

cannon also showed recent signs of having been fired.

At 10.00 hours on the 30th Getober, 1939,

I handed the core of the bullet given to me by CHAN LAU

over to Sergeant ⠀erkins folice Armourer (statement

attached, for his report on same.

At about 1.30 hours same evening (25th (ctober,

1939) I visited the scene of the incident aboard No.11

Motor Boat together with the master and steereman who

pointed out to me the spot the incident is alleged to

have taken place. It was roughly about one mile or 80

Off LAU PAU SHAN.

we then went alongside No.4 Volice

Launch,

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