There was a dispute between Settlement and Chinese police on December 20 in the compound: of the Tung Wen College on Hung-Ino Road over the disposition of the body of a Chinese who had' com= mitted suicide on the premises, At 11.15 am. a telephone call wax received at Bubbling Well station from the college. Det.-Sub-Inspr. MacFarlane, Sub-Inspr. Taplin and party of police responded to the call, They were about to. remove the body in an ambulance, when the Chinese police interfered, claiming the corpse, Armument " followed. Eventually the Chinese police closed the iron gates and refused to permit the Settlement officers to leave, Det.-Sub-Inspr. MacFarlane opened the gates and ordered the chauffeur to drive through, 'The Chinese police. however, had secured reserves, who drew up at the critienl moment, and presenting their Mausers and carbines, five weapons in all, stopped the' police from ing.
The Chinese sub-inspector, questioned why his men stopped the Municipal police, said that he was obeying instructions, and further, it the Settlement Chinese detzeand the ambulance must go 0 the awol police station (Chinese). On the arrival of the Chinese inspector from Siecaivet station after 20 minutes, the matter was settled amicably, the body going to Siccawei,
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