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1. Thomas P. V. T.Nu, mak. on vatn that the following statezent is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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It is the tradition that evry year the China Bus Company sends a gift card to the superintendent of every r lice station and the rest of the members of the price station use their police identity card to ride the bus.

Ine Superiftendent of Bay View Station, Mr. X. A Giblet, has proudly shown me his gift card which he can use for bus riding.

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A Police Class student said to me "You are our teacher. You can use your police teacher identity card also.

I am a careful man. I asked tw: bus inspectors to verify this. I proudly told my landlady who told |

who in turn conspired

to bring a suit against re, with the purpose for extortion. After this incident

sugfested I pay

money.

When I complained to my Superintendent in Yaumati Police Stat- ion, Mr. Choran, he immediately telephoned to the superintend- ent, Mr. H. A. Giblet, to withdraw the case at bay View Yo- lice Station.

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Then I made complaint to China Bus Company.

said to me, "If you can prove you are a Folice Class teacher, we will withdraw the case immediately. he quickly sent the

to accompany me to Folice Station and Central Magistracey to withdraw the case. The China Bus Coxpany

then reassur- ed n by saying,

should not do this. We will not let him do it again in future." From now on, all the police class teachers can use their Police Identity Card to ride the bus without any question.” At Bay View Folice Station,

*I am going to Kɔngsel* In Canton- ese parlance, the term hongso means bargain for bribe." Failing to extort a brite from me at his home,

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the open court of the first trial date, openly ordered the defendant (me) to follow the prosecution witnesss,

to - cutside the Courtroom in the courtyard to Kongao (bargain for a cribe).

said to me, "I can interced with

He is my friend. I can always go to his room to speak the case for others." When I refused he thresfered me ty saying, "If you refuse to Kongso

am pretty sure you w.li at .east be fined $500.*

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committed perjury to conceal and suppres: the material evid- ense of the onse bring withdrawn by

Falice

station.

from the Bay View Folice Station and the Central

was ordered to begin my defense by

in accordance with the legal proced- ure. I first mentioned the perjury by prosecution witness be- cause I refused to pay money. before I finished my first sentence, prosecution. witness. my testimony by saying. "Hey! You camot say this before the court."

jumped up to stop