Alleged Connivance by Some Officials rose Our Own Comusronpexr Canton, Mar. 20.
Smuggling from the New Territories into Kuangtung has been, it is alleged, partially with the connivance of Cutoms officials at Sumehun, and six connected with the station there, a branch of the Kowloon office, are under investigation, according to the report of tone of the Canton news agencies.
Special operatives were sent 10 investigate and they saw matches being borne over the border under the eyes of the officials, $6 a day was being paid for protection in the smuggling of these matches. Sixteen cases got by without paying duty while the investigators were watch ing.
When the offéials tumbled to. the fact that the game was up, they are alleged to have turned on the smugglers. Two were pummelled to give the impression that the assailants were striving to enforce the Jaw, and they are in the hospital, while others of these cooties fare being held as essential witnesses.
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