The disappearance of nine male apprentices from a Chinese bulb factory at House No. 129, Lane No, 546, Tiendong Road, is being investigated by detectives attached to the Hong-Kew Police Station.
Something about the case was mentioned in the First Special District Court on May 18 when the S.-M. Police, represented by Mr. T. Y. Chang, Assistant Municipal Advocate, made" a guecessful application for the temporary detention of Tsang Ching-foo on the ground that he was concerned in the apprentices' dis-
Between May 10 and 15 this year, the Court was told, eleven young. ap: Prentices, all employed at the Tiendong Road factory, suddenly dis appeared, shortly after Tsang Ching-00, also an apprentice in the factory, had quit his job. 'Two of them re-tured, but the nine others' whereabouts' are unknown.
As these apprentices had been employed at the recommendation of Tsang, the police, after being Inform= the factory owner, located Tsang at 3/254 Chengtu Road, another bulb factory, where Tsang had worked since leaving his former employment. In the new factory, two ap-Drentices of the Tiendong Road factory were found, but they soon disappeared again. "Taken to the police station, 'Tsang denied any responsibility for the apprentices' disap-Dearance. According to the {wo youths who had. already returne they had been told by one Kiang to work in: another factory.
Tsang will be in court again on May 25.
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