The Archive · 1937

Counterfeiter Sentenced

'Three of the six Chinese arrested a result of the police raid on a large counterfeiting plant at 61-63, Connaught Road received long prison terms in the First Special District 'Court_on June 28. Wong Za-zung, alias Sung' Sausan, alleged to have financed the bogus note business, was sent to gaol for 18 years and further fined $500 while Ling Sz-jung and Tsien "Ching-fo0, alleged to have worked at the plant, were sent to gaol for 12 and 10 years and further fined '$200 and $200 respectively. The three other accused, including a woman, were found not guilty.

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