Two whemployed Chinese were lon Oct. 7 sentenced to, respectively, our and five years' imprisonment by' the First Special District Court for} legal possession of firearms. 'The man who was sent to gaol for five years was ordered to be handed over fio. the Chinese authorities on a charge of murdering, on the night lof July 28, a member of the Nantao Public' Safety Bureau, The prisoners were arrested on october 1 in a house off Chungking [Road where a pistol and several rounds of ammunition were seized. before the [Special District Court the following ing, charged with being members of a criminal gang and illegal possession of firearms. The Court remanded them in custody.
Daring the period of remand, the first accused, Huan Zao-song, ce tessed to the police that he was concerned in the shooting of July 28 in the Chinese City when a plain-thes member of the Nantao Public Safety Bureaa was killed. They were going to commit an armed robbery, the accused told the officers, when they encountered the Nantao policeman. In all, two shots were fired both of which hit the Public Safety officer who was killed almost 'A witness from the Nantao Public safety Bureau told the Court that, he wax on duty on Ta Ching Road, Nantao, on the night of July 128 when the first accused approached him and asked certain "questions. While he was chatting with him, an-Jother_man came from behind' and snatched his pistol from the holster. jin. the confusion which ensued, a shot was fired, wounding him in the og. Meanwhile, a plain-clothes member of the Nantao Public Safety Bureau was attracted to the scene but before he could find out what was the matter, the first accused drew his weapon and fired two shots, Killing him,
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