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Q.-You talk about other places not having a Society of this kind. Are you aware that in Singapore there is a Pó Léung Kuk Society based on the same lines as the one in Hongkong?
A.--Yes, I know that, but when I spoke about this kind of Society I meant in European nations.
Q.-Are you aware that the Government aids and subsidises that Society?
A. I believe that it does,
Q.--Do you think the Chinese ought to be encouraged to suppress kidnapping? A.-Yes.
Q.--That it is a good thing to encourage?
A.-Certainly.
Q.--And you think that a Committee of respectable Chinese gentlemen are able to assist the Government in this direction?
A.--I do.
Q.-You think they ought to be encouraged?
A. Yes, certainly.
Q.--You made some reference to Orientals. Don't you think that Orientals are more likely to know more about their own affairs than Europeans?
A.I think they are.
Q. And that, knowing more about them, they are more capable of dealing with
them ?
A.--Not in a constitutional manner-No.
Q-With regard to kidnapping, don't you think that a body of respectable Chinese are more capable than any other body in this Colony to find out information with reference to kidnapping, and to detect it?
A.-I think they are.
Q.--You think then, as far as the detection of kidnapping is concerned, that the Society would be more useful than any other body in this Colony?
A. Yes, I think so, a body of respectable Chinese.
Q.-So far as the detection of kidnapping goes you have no objection?
A. No, certainly not.
Q.--You think they ought to be encouraged?
A. Yes.
Q-You think that when a man is detected he ought at once to be brought before the Police ?
A.--Yes, brought into Court.
Q. Do you know the present mode of proceeding on the part of the Pó Léung Kuk that when a man is arrested he is taken to the Police, and the victim is taken to the Pó Leung Kuk? I presume you have no objection to the Pó Léung Kuk asking the victim questions with a view to getting information against the man?
A.-No objection at all. What do they do with the victim ?
Q.-They keep her there until the case comes on.
A.--I think the victim should be free to go where he or she likes.
Q-You mean the rescued woman? And fall into the hands of kidnappers again?
A.-If the woman wishes by all means let her.
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