COPY
Detective office
274
PANO PUT (
Water Police Station.
), 25 years, Master of Fishing
Junk No.2323 H.D. residing on board, native of FUN U
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At about 03.00 hours on the £5th October, 1939,
whilst underway about half a mile north of LAD FAU SHAN
) in Deep Bay (British wateza a grey motor
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boat about 30 feet in length flying the Japanese flag
approached my junk from the direction of LIN TIN (
Island. When about 30 yards away the orew of the motor
boat opened fire with a machine gun. A number of bullets
struck my junk. I called my sister named PANO WO (
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17 years, who was sleeping in the cabin on the starboard
side of the junk, and asked her to hand up the rifles.
She handed up two rifles. I took one and my younger
brother named "ANG PUK (
), 15 years, took the
other rifle and we fired four shots at the approaching
Japanese motor boat. I then fired my cannon with 8
pounds of shot. The Japanese motor boat stopped firing
and turned around and steamed away in the direction of
LIN TIN Island. I then went to the cabin at the stern of
my junk and found that my sister named ANG VO had been
shot in the right buttock I then set sail towards
Castlc cak.
At about 04.00 hours when sailing off
CHEUNG SHA WAN (
) I saw No.3 Police Launch at
anchor. I went alongside and informed the European
officer in charge of what had occurred. The Europe an
officer then took two of my sisters including the
injured one and myself aboard his launch and conveyed
us in to Hong Kong, where my sister named ANO VO was
removed to the Kowloon Hospital.
aboard my junk including myself.
There were 23 of a orew
I could not see anyone
aboard/
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