The Archive · 1936

Terrorists Hire Murder Society

Leaders of Hung Shun Hui Hunted by Police Wang Ya-hsiao and Hsin Keh-tse, leaders of a notorious secret society known as the Hung Shun Hui, are the most sought after men in China to-day. Both are wanted for the attempted assassination of Mr, Wang Ching-wel, former President "of the Executive' Yuan, in Nanking Inst November, and for the murder of Kosaku Kaya, a Japanese sales: in Chi Mei Road, Chepei. Their arrest, it is believed by the Chinese police, will lead to the break-up of one of the most powerful assassinaion gangs ever encountered by. the sutherities, "Both Wang and." Hsia are believed to huve had no political inclinations, but to have been hired by a certain party or parties for ads of terrorism, with the apparent Mention of aggravating Sino-Jepanese relations and embarrassing the Central Government. Wang 1s) said be the brains of the gang, while Hsia gets assassins to carry out the {instructions of the leader, While Hsia Keh-tse was known to have visited Nanking and Shanghai during the attempt on the lite. of Mz, Wang Ching-wel, Wang Ya~ histo has maintained' headquarters in Hongkong, from where financial ald 4s alleged to have been obtained by certain members of the gang. Both the men have been implicated by some of the suspects detained for the Nanking attempted assassin tion and the murder of the Japanese salesman,

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