Sung Sawching, charged with a series of extortions involving the sum of $348,000 from wealthy Chinese in the past several years, was sentenced to five years' "imprisonment "and. further fined $1,000 by the First Special District Court on April 5. His wife, Sung Tsu-sze, was sentenced 10 one year's imprisonment on a charge of perjury.
There were seven charges of extort tion against Sung who was alleged have obtained the sums from his! victims "by stirring up _litigation against them or by means of violence if the other party falled to salisty In one case, it was alleged, the sentenced man instigated Miss Pang. Sich-yen, an actress, to threaten to Dung court action against a rich man, Mr. Zee Mer-tsang, charging him with having had iMegal relations with the actress. To avoid publicity of the court case if it were brought, Mr. Zee, 'a pair of shoes and producing a $10-note, insisted that they be given a $5-note in change before they handed over a $10-nolo. The.shop..2salotant—gave. the accused a $5-note and entered a robin to fetch something, but, when he returned, the accused had left with the $5-note. Yullir Road police later arrested the accused.
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