Japanese gendarmes stationed in Nantao on Monday succeeded in arresting Shan Chuan-lin, leader of a guerilla band and commander of ihe, third company of the sixth battalion of the Loyal National Salvation Volunteer Corps, local Japanese newspapers stated yesterday.
The gendarmes rescued Mr. Isao Imafaka, 31, a Japanese, and Mr. Sun Hui-ming, 29-year-old Chinese, both in the service of the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council who had been held prisoner by Shan.
Receiving reports that a group of Japanese and Chinese had been kidnapped by guerillas, Japanese gendarmes went to Lunghwachen and arrested a guerilla agent, who confessed that the kidnapping was perpetrated by Shan and three other men who had been wanted by the Japanese since March.
Learning that Shan would go to Chenchiachai with his prisoners, the gendarmes prepared an ambush for him on the bank of the Whangpoo River. Shan was nabbed when he landed from a boat owned by the S.M.C. and flying a Japanese flag.
Questioning of Shan revealed that the prisoners were being held at Lichiachai in the Shanghai area, The gendarmes hastened to the place and found them trying to escape by swimming the river near a hide-out where they had been imprisoned. Lookouts for the guerillas had fled at the approach of the Japanese.
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