Sessional_Paper_1891 — Page 131

No. 56.

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POLICE DEPARTMENT,

24th February, 1891.

SIR, I have the honour to report that the following arrests of persons implicated in the Namoa Piracy have been made out of this Colony, so far as can be ascertain

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1st. Major Lai Ching Pui (L) arrested a man named Fan Kun Tai, (), in the

Heung Shan (1) district, in the beginning of January.

2nd. The Macao Police arrested Paŭ Un (7) alias Mo Lo Un (C) on the 29th

January. He committed suicide in prison the same night.

3rd. About the same date the Chinese Authorities arrested Lo Un, (), Li Peng, (4), Pang Chaŭ () and Cheung Ki Shaŭ () on the S.S. White Cloud on her arrival at Canton from Macao. The last named man turned informer.

4th. On the 2nd February, the Macao authorities seized two fishing junks and arrested Pang Kun Fun (R), Ho Fat To (f), Ho Fat Tseung () and over thirty others, old and young, males and females.

5th. The Macao Police have arrested a man named Wong Yuk () on suspicion of

having taken part in the piracy.

6th. The Chinese gunboat Kuong Un () seized a fishing junk near Macao and seized

all persons on board for being concerned in the piracy.

7th. Major Lai () arrested a man named Wong A Tai (★) at Kam Tau Wan (#) in the Heung Shan (U) district. This information came from Macao and pro- bably refers to the first case, although the names are different.

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8th. The Chinese Authorities arrested Chim Kang Yaŭ(A) about the beginning of this

month at Tai Pang () in the San On () district.

Pau Un() alias Mo Lo Un () was mentioned on Inspector STANTON's report of the 15th December as the chief organizer of the piracy, and in the same report Lo Un (), Li Peng, (4), Pau Chaŭ () and Chim Kang Yaŭ (4) were mentioned as in the gang. They are Hakkas from Shaukiwan. Pau A Chan () is possibly the same as Pang A Chaŭ (H.)

There is no word of Fung Shun Yau (), Lai A Tsat (R), Wong Chau () or Chau Iu (). It is supposed some, if not all, of them have gone to Ng Chaŭ (in Kwong Sai (廣西).

Seven men have been arrested in the Colony, but have all been discharged through failure of evidence of identification.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable F. FLEMING, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&Co

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. M. DEANE,

Captain Superintendent of Police.