CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 70

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Detective Office,

Water Police Station.

凍柄

CHAN PING, 35 years,

Master of Trading Junk No.T.1425H,

Residing on board,

安

Native of SHA CHENG Village, PO ON District,

States:-

奋

太坪

TAI PING Village,

I

am the ma

am the master of the above junk which left

TUNG KUN (not on chart on 18th August, 1940,

at 15.00 hours bound for Hong Kong. Altogether there were six

persons on board.My cargo consisted of 305 bundles of sugar can

valued $150.00.

About 21.00 hours on 18.8.40 my junk was sailin

about 100 yards to the east of LIN TIN Chinese Territory Long.

113 48' E. Lat. 22 25′ N. I saw a Japanese motor boat come out

from LIN TIH. When the motor boat was a short distance away a

machine gun was fired at us. No person was injured. The motor

boat then came alongside my junk. Three Japanese, two dressed

in khaki uniform and one in white boarded my junk. They were

armed with truncheons. We were all assaulted with the

truncheons. My junk was tied up to the motor boat and towed towards TAI SÍAN Bay Long.113 51' E. Lat. 22 31' N. The three

Japanese had returned on board the motor boat

boatin

I was called

炳 over to the motor boat with the cargo owner TAM PING.

PING. By means

of writing characters the Japanese asked where we were taking our cargo. We replied TAI (British Territory). The Japanese

then said "Do not take any cargo to Hong Kong or else they (Japanese) would cut off our heads". We were ordered to dump our cargo and then told we could sail away. My junk licence was also dumped over board. I sailed my junk back to TAI PING arriving at 18.00 hours on 19.8.40. My junk left TAI PING for Hong Kong at 16.00 hours on 21.3.40 and arrived in Hong Kong at 08.00 hours on 27.8.40. I reported to the police on 28.8.40 at

11.30 hours.

(28.8.40)

sd. H.T.Matches. Lance Sergeant A87.

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