CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 55

陳福

Detective office,

Water Police Station. 55

CHAN PUK BING, 30 years,

....aster of Trading Junk No.T.24031, residing on board,

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Native of KIT SYEK, DI UNG, statos :-

I am the master of the above junk which left KIT SHEEK, HOI

FUNG (Long.115° 49′ E. Lat. 22° 48' 30" N.) at 14.00 hours on 14.9.40.

bound for Hong Kong. Altogether there wore 24 persons on board.

cargo consisted of 6 piculs of fresh fish, valued $400.00, 110 piouls

of garlie Valued $500.00, 10 packages of tea leaves valued $600.00, 20

bundles of yarn valued $1,000.00, 20 baskets of salted plus valued

(60.00. · Total value (2,560.00.

On 15.9.40. at about 08.00 hours my junk was sailing about

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one mile west of SAM U customs (Long.114° 39′ 8. Lat. 22° 26'N.) About

one mile ahead of my junk I saw a Japanese trawler, painted grey, one

funnel and 2 maste towing a junk towards SAK LUN Customs. Another

trawlor, painted grey, 1 Summel, 2 mste and flying a Japanese Naval

flag at the stern, came towards my junk. I saw the nuber "6" painted

white amidships. Two Japanese dressed in khaldi uniform boarded my junk.

They were armed with truncheons. lly junk was tied to the stern of the

trawler and towed away towards BAN HUI Customs. At SAM HUR Custons my

Junk was taken alongside Jun: No.T.479111, which was lying alongside

the Japanese trawler No.5 No.6 then went out and returned in about an

hour with another juni, unlicensed. This juni: was then placed alongside

my junk. The cargo of my junt and the other junk was then taken on

board No.6 trawler. All persons on my junk and the other junk were

ordered onto Junk No.T.4791H. Junk No.T.4791H was then told to sail

EWGY. It was then about 14.00 hours. At about 19.00 hours when the

juni was passing H..8. "Robin" at CHAI AT we were called alongside. A

was

Folice Launch No.5 then conveyed me and the other masters to "r" (Tsim

Sha Tsui Police Station) at 23.00 hours.

Description of Junk No.T.24031 - about 550 piculs, 3 masts

and 3 white cloth sails, in old condition valued (including everything

o board) (2,000.00. Value, of cargo $2,560.00. Total Value 84.560.00

Signed) #m

Tonoo