Another case is that of Ho Teh-lin, well known as a former Minister of nance under Feng Vu-hsiang and] tice assistant director of the Shang-Rai Special Area, A group of gi students accused Ho of being an ex-imperialist and demanded his] punishment.
Ho was immediately arrested, his hands were tied behind his back] and he was then suspended in the air by them while the girls pummelled him ard bombarded his body with stones.
He is still in prison.
Liu Chi, agent and Chief of Star of Feng Vu-hsiang has also fallen: because he supported the Three People's Principles. This is si iflcant especially when it is known' that the communist government now opens its meetings with the mere]
ading of ill of Dr. Sun Yat-after which the old_ princi have been supplanted py slogans, denouncing both them and penalism, Teng Yen-ta, head of the il Commis under suspicion because he has a huge fortune in Hankow, which is enough; ays to place a man in fear of his!
Perhaps one of the most interesting sidelights on the Shadow Sparrers of Hankow, however, is the story of how Euegene Chen nearly had to flee for his life
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