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Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-Are you of opinion that any of the Pó Leung Kuk detectives abuse any of the powers conferred on them?
A.--I hardly know what the powers are. But they do things which would not be tolerated in England by any private persons.
Q. Do you know anything of HAK KWAT MAN* who is supposed to carry on a large trade in women?
A.-I have heard of him.
Q. Do you know whether he tried, some time ago, to pass a woman for Singapore? A. I heard so.
Q.-Was that woman taken afterwards to the Pó Léung Kuk?
A. She was.
Q-Was she afterwards liberated on the payment of a certain sum of money? A.-I heard so.
Q. What amount did you hear it was?
A. $20.
Q.-As regards persons previously employed in the Pó Léung Kuk what reputa- tion did they enjoy?
cases.
A.--Most of them are said to have received money in connection with kidnapping
Q.-Is it within your own knowledge that any one or more of them were at all flush of money, that is to say had more than they would be likely to have considering the wages they were in receipt of?
A. The only one that I know much about is MA MUN. He afterwards started a large boarding-house and seemed to have plenty of money for some time. I could
where it came from.
not
say
Q. Is it notorious that money is paid to Pó Léung Kuk detectives for most women leaving the Colony for the purposes of prostitution?
A.--I have heard so.
Q.-Have you heard how much is generally paid ?
A. I have heard two stories. I have heard that $12 is usually paid for women who are taken to a boarding-house called the "Kwong On" boarding-house on the Praya.
Q. Do many Canton and Macao women go there on arrival?
A. Yes, the woman who keeps the boarding-house has one at Canton and Singapore, and they are passed through these boarding-houses. It is said that there is some arrangement with the detectives. I have only heard these things of course." I cannot state it as a fact.
Q-Can you tell us anything with regard to Wo CHEUNG, of the photographic shop, and of his connection with a Pó Léung Kuk detective or more than one?
A. I have heard some things said since he left. I have heard that there were two kinds of photograph used. That one kind had the name of the shop in red and the other in black, and these colours were used as a signal to those who passed the woman, so that they might know whether any money had been paid or not.
Q.--There was a woman named CH'AN YUK-SHO* recently detained without any charge being preferred against her at the Pó Léung Kuk?
A. The husband's name is CH'AN YUK-SHÜ. I don't know the woman's name. She lived at 54, Graham Street.
* See Appendix 23.
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