"I knew I was safe as soon as T heard the shots" so said Woo Ah-zien, in the course of an interview representative of the ''Northd na Daily News" on Monday morning. Woo Ah-zien is @ cotton dealer and it is he who was kidnapped and released by the S. Police Inst Friday. The intervi took place just before the commencement of the inquest on tae rined kidnapper (name unknown), who resisted all efforts of the police to secure him, dead or alive, for 16 hours last week-end and who was found to have 28 bullet or shell fragment wounds in his body.
The kidnapped man told tne writer that he was returning homo from a cotton sale at about 9.90 a.m. on December 17, when on reaching the corner of Chusnn Rond a motor car drew up to the kerb, Three men alighted and at pistol's point forced him to enter the car He was taken to a house at back vf the Tung Vu Cotton Mil and the next day removed to Louse in Last Yuhang Road where remained until he was rescued, The amount demanded for his re-ease was $200,000, and he was told that, unless a settlement ws reached by January 16, one month after his capture, his lite would be taken. "When I hoard the skote, I hid under a blanket," continued the man, "dnd then 'I saw the police officer and I held up my hands so that he would not think I was one of kidnappers and than the Chinese detective who was with the foreign police officer identified me and I was escorted out of the house, Iam very glad indeed that they found mo for I know the kid-uppers would have killed me within, a few days," continued the lucky man, The Inquest The inquest was conducted by Judge Koh of the Provisional Court who was accompanied on the bench by Mr. Burdett, Senior Consul's Deuty, Det.-Sgt, Widdowson said that although the kidnapping took place on December 17, nothing further was heard untit's.30 o'clock on the afternoon of January 6, when a Chinese detective informed witness that he had ascertained the whereabouts of the kidnapped man, Knowing the desperate character of the kidnappers, witness called upon Chief Inspector Fairbairn, charge of the Reserve Squad, and they proceeded to 1981 East Yue hang Road and obtained entrance to the house. Witness then counted at length the events which led up to the capture of the deceased and said that the latter had definitely been identified by the Kidnapped man and by the other kidnapper now lying in a critical condition in hospital, as being the leader of the gang. The doctor had certified that there were 28 bullet and shell fragment wounds in his body.
Chief Inspector Fairbairn then recounted the methods taken by they: police to secure the capture of tho§ii!\ deceased and how the inmates of? the two residences were conducted\\) to safety. It is interesting to note' that the deceased first sought re+
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