Extortion and malfeasance against a Chinese detective and an, interpreter, both attached to the Sinza Police Station, attracted a number of Settlement police officers to the Special District Court on September 8, when the initial heaving was held by Judge Hyui. The ease was adjourned for one week for further investigation, bail being refused.
The Assistant Municipal Ad-! vocate, Paul Y, Ru, prosecuting, told the court that the two accused, Chinese Detective Sergeant Tung: Hsueh-shiang and Interpreter Teang Ho-hsiang, were arrested on Monday night after a complaint of alleged extortion of a sum of $100 from a hotel proprietor, Mr, Chuan Chang-yue, had been received by Detective Inspector Wong Chang-kun of Louza Station. A third accused, Detective Sergeant Li Wen-ping, also attached to the Sinza Station, however, escaped.
According to the complainant, ko was apprehended by the two detec tives "last Saturday, when they! raided his hotel at 867 Ningpo Road and arrested two suspected thieves. Instead of being" taken. into the charge room together with the two Suspects, the hotel proprietor. said he was' brought into the Chinese detectives' room upstairs, where he was informed by the two detectives that he had incurved serious charges for having allowed thieves to stay his hotel.
Ho said he was later informed that he might be released if a $100 remuneration was offered them. After several hours' negotiations, the detectives agreed to free him payment of $100, the proprietor {told the court. "Interpreter Tsang, the second accused, who came to the detectives? office later, also took Part in the negotiations, he said.
'On Monday morning, Detective! Inspector Wong was informed of the alleged extortion by the proprietor, who said that the first and second' accused had called at his hotel for the $100 last Sunday and [would come again that afternoon. Inspector Crouch, Divisional Officer "B," was immediately informed and ten $10 banknotes movied with red 10.05 pam, the first accused visited the proprietor and wa arrested by Inspector Crouch in a room with the $100 marked banknotes in hand, Interpreter Tsang was shortly afterwards arrested in Sinza Police Station, Detective Inspector Crouch tes-stifled that the third accused es-fon the charge of recei 4 property but the case was dismissed by the Special District Court with we of $50. On July 8 it was the complainant informed the first' accused that two thieves were staying in but this prompted no action until last "Saturday. who the suspects:
re arrested upon secret informa-
cused. tion being received by the third ae-'The complainant said he refused to pay the $100 because he had already told the first accused that the two suspects were staying in his hotel and that the charge against him could not stand.
When questioned by the Judge, the fivat accused Inid the responsibil ity of the charges on the third accused, saying that he visited the hotel to get the money because he knew the proprietor, as the latter had once been arrested by him. The interpreter denied participation, fu the case.
The proprietor's wife who appeared as a witness identified the Interpreter as the man who had Jaccompanied the first accused to the hotel and demanded the $100 at 7.15 o'clock on Sunday night. The interpreter said he was in the Sinza Police Station at that Two hotel boys, however, failed Imake any definite identification of the interpreter as the man who had ¢éy Visited the hotel with the rst ac-
Brought Vefore Judge jon September 10, Li, while admit ting that he and Tung arrested the complainant last Saturday, denied the charge of extortion. He denied having visited the complainant's hotel fo get. the $100. and. stated he had absolutely no Knowledge to who had negotiated with com Plainant "regarding. the money.
Asked why he, after arresting the complainant, brought the latter into the detectives" room instend of the charge room, accused stated he did fo" at the" suggestion of Tong Hsieh-yuan who told. him that was unnecessary to bring the ar Tested man into the change. room was only a suspects After detaining the complainant and the two suspected thieves at the police ation for several hours, he relear fed them by order of hig superiors Sccused told the Court Accused further stated that, as soon as he learned that he "was ted by: the Court in connection the casey he returned to the Sinaa Police Station and surrender, himself.
A further hearing took place in' the First Special Didtsiet Court on Sent, 11. "The ease was ter manded sine die to enable a foreign Police officer. to give. evidence the next hearing. all admitted the offence except the Questioned by the Court, ae fourth who stated he had no kno, ledge of the affair, The frst accused stated that the search party on the pedestrian who carried a opium and who was lat released after paying $57 as a bribe. Accused, [Nowever, denied having extorted the money from the pedestrian and laid] the responsibility of the charge on} the foreign officer No. 351, saying it was acting under his order that they had received the $57 from the opium smuggler. Of the $57, the frst accused further alleged, the foreign officer took $27 and, gave
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