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Communist Press
CHIEF. REGISTRAR'S OFFICE
18 SEP 1967
COMMORW.ALES OFFICE
DEPLINIUS B
Now that the sedition trials are over, it is thought worthwhile to recapitulate on the whole affair.
2.
Three newspapers, the Afternoon News, the H. K. Evening
All were minor News and the Tin Fung Yat Pao were affected. pro-Communist papers probably supported by Communist funds although it was not possible to substantiate this in court.
The
proprietor of the Tin Fung Yat Pao claimed that he supported his
paper by successful gambling which explained the periodic large payments into the paper's account. The company which printed all three, the Nam Cheung Co., was also prosecuted.
3.
Early on 9th August, five out of six senior executives were
They were :-
arrested.
(a) WU Tai-chau
(b) POON Wai-wai
(c) CHAN Yim-kuen
(d) CHAK Nuan-fai
(e) LI Siu-hung
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Afternoon News and Publisher of the H. K. Evening News.
Editor and Proprietor of the Tin Fung Yat Pa..
Publisher of the Tin Fung Yat Pao and wife of the above.
Owner and licensee of the Nam Cheung Printing Co.
Director of the Nam Cheung Printing Co.
The sixth man, MAK Wai-ming, is still at large. He was editor of both the Afternoon and H. K. Evening News although the defendants at the trial claimed that his status had been changed just before the arrests were made.
4.
Meanwhile,
Because of the number of changes involved, it was decided to bring each newspaper to trial separately in a magistrate's court. the papers concerned had in no way abated their virulent attacks on Government, so an interim injunction was obtained on 18th August suppressing them.
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