Mr, Chi was on his way from bath-house to his home when he was Jatiacked from behind, 'The bullet fodged In his abdomen after piercing vital organs, and it was almost a foregone conclusion that the aged and rather feeble man would not survive, Hie was taken, in his own car, by his Jown chauffeur, tO the Paulun' Hospltal in Burkill Road, where he suc-Jeumbed at 4.45 p.m. while undergoing lan emergency operation.
Detectives from the Chenglu Road Police Station hurried to the scene ax soon og an alarm had been given, and Jquestioned various eye-witnesses and Jmembers of the late Mr. Chi's household. In addition, detectives attached to the special office at Headquarters Jdealing with political murders made preliminary inquiries, 'Although at rst it was reported that only one man participated in the attack, Chinese information stated ater that' altogether three men took part, two of them halling Mr. Chi while the third, and actual killer, Jerept up behind him and shot him at ides his, interests in Shanghol, the late Mr. Chi was said, before the 1997 hostilities, 40 have owned tear shops and small. hotels in Wusih while still a resident of this city.
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