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(2) RAHAMED KHAN

declared.

B.196. I was stationed at Ma Tau Chung internment camp

on 29.11.39.

I was on duty at No.5 observation post between

10 a.m. & 2 p.m. My post is in direct line with No.6 post. At

about 11.55 a.m., I saw an internee sitting not far from the

wire on vegetable ground. He remained there for some minutes.

Then I saw him get up and go into the barbed wire by No.6

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post. I saw him lift up the barbed wire and crawled under the

fence. I shouted to him come back: don't run. He paid no

attention to me. On reaching the outer fence, he started to

climb up.

I gave the alarm on my whistle. He continued to

climb up.

When he gripped the upper part of the wire, I fired

my Greener gun but apparently I missed. So I loaded and fired

again, but he carried on. So I tried to load my gun again.

At this time, I saw a European Sergeant 165, who also

fired. He fired at the man just beyond the wire. He fired

while walking. I only heard him fire once. The man on the

fence collapsed and fell back into the wire.

policeman nearby at the time. No 6 post is about 75 yards

from my post.

There was another

My instructions since I have been on duty at this camp

have been to prevent persons escaping and to fire at a man who

But we always gave a warning and blow whistles first.

escapes.

(sd.) Rahamed Khan, B.196,

#1

Eric Himsworth,

4.1.40.

(3) MOHAMED GUHAL declared.

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B.155. I was on patrol duty in ground of Ma Tau Chung

Camp on 29.11.39. At about 11.55 a.

..m. I heard the alarm

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sounded by whistle by No.5 post. I saw a Chinese climbing

up the wire near No.6 post. I saw the man on No.5 post fire.

I saw Sergeant ROTHWELL there holding a pistol just beyond

No.6 post outside the wire. The man was then on top of the

fence.