CO129-588-25 Sino-Japanese War- Attacks on shipping 14-11-1940 - 2-12-1941 — Page 123

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Detective Office,

Water Polies Station.

TSỞI TŠÍM, 32 years, Master of Trading Junk No.T.3924H, residing

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LUNG

board, of Life Crudno Village, CHIỦ YHUNG District, States :-

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神 I sailed from Sak milik, wáÏ 1ốÏ District (not on chart) at

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16.00 hours on 17.10.40. having on board a crew of 14 all told, 29

passengers and 3 cargo watchers, together with a cargo of 316 baskets,

all sixes, of Gerlis valued $1,200.00, 70 baskets Preserved PlumM

valued $525.00, 352 jars Preserved Vegetables valued $1,900.00, 4

cases Lead Foil valued $1,000.00, 7 baskets Adled Eggs valued $150.00,

10 baskets of Dried Flat Fish valued $1,000.00, Total Value $5,775.00

bound for Hong Kong.

At about 05.00 hours on 19.10.40, while sailing about 3 miles

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west of SAM MUR CUSTOMS (Lemg.114 deg. 39' K., Lat,22 dag. 26' F.) a

Japanese motor boat, painted gray, ↑ maat, 1 fimnel, with the figure

22 painted in white midships, flying the Japaness naval flag astern,

approached us from the south. When a few yards away they shouted to

us to stop and then some alongsi, da. 7 or 8 Japanese sailors dressed

in khaki miforms and armed with batens then boarded my junk. The

crew and passengers vere all ordared to the stern of the junk. One

of the Japanese milers spoke to us in Holle and asked if we had

fresh eggs and I azomered "Wo." They then searched the sargo andi

on finding the adled eggs they assaulted me. After this they

ordered the passengers and fokis to remove some of the cargo onto the

moter heat, and nama at is to dump in the sea. The Japanese sailers

then out the riggings of my junk and afterwards reboarding the neter

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bont which sailed of in the direction of BAN MUN Ỡunion.

drifted and after repairing the riggings miled for Hong Kong. On the

19.10.40. at 16.00 hours we NO SERONE a yacht with BurenesNE OR

beard

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and an our mails were so badly

damaged they offered to take us in tow, and towed us up through BHY

EZI HUT where we slipped the tow and anchored there.

Before the