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Q-How do you know that?
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A.-I know by being told so, and by the fact that he had taken the Inspector of your department to the house in which he was subsequently arrested. The wife and concubine were taken to the Pó Léung Kuk and detained there for two or three days.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.--Was any charge made against them?
A.-No, no charge.
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The CHAIRMAN.-Who gave the information which led to the arrest? A.-I got it from a lukong, and he got it from the complainant in the case. man had been to the complainant demanding money and threatening to put him in gaol unless he got a certain sum of money and he appointed a time for giving him this The information was sent to me and I went there and found the man with a $5 note which had previously been marked.
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Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.--The wife and concubine were taken to the Pó Léung Kuk and detained there some time?
A. Yes.
Q.-Without any charge being made against them?
A. Yes. That was given in evidence in the case by the complainant.
The CHAIRMAN.—You could refer us to the case I suppose at the Magistracy?
A.-I could get it.
Q.-You can find it out?
A. Yes.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-Are you aware that Mок CHỈ was convicted of assaulting a Chinaman last November?
A. Yes.
Q.-Do you know how the assault arose ?
A. I know that a woman, the wife of CH'AN Pò-SHÁN, gave evidence; and her story was that Mок CHI had tried to induce her to leave her husband and live with him.
Q.-Were the wife and mother taken to the Pó Léung Kuk and detained there? A. They were all taken ashore and the wife and mother were taken to the Pó Léung Kuk and detained there.
The CHAIRMAN.-You are head of the detective force here?
A.--Yes.
Q. Do you know TAK HING-TSAI (i.e. CH'AN PÒ-SHÁN)? A. Yes.
Q-What reputation does he bear?
A. Not very good.
Q.-You said just now that you thought that the Police would be able to perform these duties in the way of kidnapping as efficiently as the Pó Léung Kuk? If these matters were put into the hands of the Police the detectives would be under a European ?
A. They would.
Q.-Do you think that the Chinese who reside in Hongkong and who come from the mainland are not likely to be able to assist in such cases as these kidnapping cases, giving information and so forth which would lead to detection?
A. They could give information.
Q.-You think that the assistance of those gentlemen in that respect would assist in the suppression of the crime?
A.I think it would.
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