Three persons have been detained by the Chinese Police following an inquest over the body of Loh Siao-ti, who died of a bullet wound in the body on March 23, One of the tio {s-a brother of the deceased and all the three suspects stayed in the same houses 13° Chun Ka Tso, In the vicinity of Brenan Road, with the deceased at the time of the tragedy.
Chinese detectives, who visited the scene, were first told by the occupants that the deceased took his own life while in bed, and the bullet was found in the round underneath the bed the deceased occupied. A rifle, said to have been used by the man 10 end his own life, was found at his Side, the deceased being a member of the Chapel Volunteer Corps, 'At the Inquest, however, the fact was brought out that the man was shot from behind and that the bullet found underneath the bed had been fired from a pistol, and not from the vite found at the' side of the body'. The suspicions having been aroused, the police arrested the three occupants for inquiries.
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