Hongkong, May 15.
The Hongkong authorities consider that Chan Ping-sang is an undesirable. as he has been convicted of murdering his wife, and he is being held in custody by' the police pending an order for his banishment.
The "Canton Times". in an editorial article on Chan's arrest cays: "If there is a wrong way of doing things the Hongkong authorities are bound to find it. The latest stupidity of Hongkong officialdom. is the arrest and detention of the ex-President of the Seamen's Union. By Order-in-Council the Governor of Hongkong can have anyone deported from the colony without offering any explanation or justification. His power is absolute and indisputable. As Chan Ping-sang has been declared an undesirable, this Order-in-Council can be brought into play. However, the labourers are convineed that Chan Ping-sang is being persecuted because of his leader-chip of the seamen's strike. He is considered a martyr. to British revenge and it is believed that if a protest is not made now, other officials and members of the Union will be subjected to similar treatment whenever the Hongkong authorities choose to act. This nullifies the agreement to which the Hongkong Government as a party and reopens the whole question of the status of unions at Hongkong."
Later.
Chan Ping-sang, ex-President of the Seamen's Union has been banished by order of the Hongkong Government.—Reuter.
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