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to the police station.

He was only released when they had extorted

30 Hong Kong dollars from him.

At midnight on January 9, the British Government of Hong Kong sent more than 1,000 armed soldiers and police together with 35 military trucks and armoured cars to Tungtou village. They surrounded the village with machineguns and then proceeded to demolish the office of the refugees representatives and carried away relief supplies donated by the people.

The following day, Li Wen-hsing, who was elected by the refugees to make representations to the British Government for a rational solution of matters relating to relief and rehabilitation in the area, was unreasonably arrested and deported that very afternoon.

This aroused strong indignation at the meeting. "The British Government of Hong Kong must stop these persecutions. If not, it will reap what it sows," declared Lin Keng-yun, President of the Kwangtung Trade Union Council, at the meeting.

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EXTRACT FROM NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY

BALLY BULLETIN NO.454, DATED FRIDAY, 18TH JANUARY 1952

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Peking, January 17 (NCNA) British imperialism must bear full responsibility for the consequences of its outrages, declared a statement issued by Chinese film organisations as well as cinema workers throughout China in protest against the unjust deportation of eight Chinese cinema workers by the British Government in Hong Kong.

The statement points out that this savage and vicious action by the British Governments of Hong Kong is a further manifestation of its persistence in obstructing Chinese residents and suppressing patriotic movements of the Chinese.

At a meeting held in Canton on January 13 at which the eight victims were present to relate the circumstances of their arrest and deportation, the Chairman of the South China Federation of Literature and Arts Circles declared that the attempt of the British imperialists in Hong Kong to use force to undermine and oppress the Chinese patriotic movement is bound to fail in the face of united support by the entire Chinese people.

Another stern protest against the deportations was issued on January 15 by various democratic organisations in Canton. The protest also referred to the action of the British Government of Hong Kong in conniving with bandit groups of Chiang Kai-shek agents to intrude into Chinese territory from Kowloon for subversive and counter-revolutionary activities. All of these acts by the Hong Kong Government are part and parcel of the British imperialists subservience to the U.S. Government's aggressive plans. They show that the British imperialists are working hand in glove with the Chiang Kai-shek remnants in Taiwan, the protest continued.

Warning the British Government of Hong Kong, the statement declared the Chinese people who have now stood up victoriously are not afraid of any frantic provocations and they will seriously consider effective measures to protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese residents in Hong Kong.

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