Mr. Loh Pah-hong Killed by Iwo Gunmen: Well-known for Charitable Activities One of China's leading philanthropy ists, Mr, Loh Pah-hong, widely known for his many good, works and charit~ able. enterprises, lay dead on Dec. 24, shot by two of his own countrymen while leaving the house of o'frlend in Aventiec Dubail, Evi~ dently watching outside, the two! unknown assassins, each armed with with a pistol, saw him come out of the front door, walk towards his ear, [step up to enter the wool ust a he was. inside, they pointed their weapons at him, and fred twelve" shots. "Ho fell, mortally wounded: in the chest, and died at 3 pam, after having been rushed the Ste. Marie Hospital "he assassination took place at about 2 pin, when Mz. Loh had just left the house of Mr, Tsang Teen kia, Number 7 Passage 177, Avenue Dubail, where he occasionally stayed He was accompanied by his choulTeur and his secretary, neither of whom was wounded, although the bullets fired at Mr. Toh passed very close fo them, An enquiry was immediate ly opened by the French Police into the elreumstances surrounding the shooting, and it was established that the two assassins were disguised os street hawkers, one of them carrying.
basket of oranges under his arm. was rumoured that a _possible motive for the assassination ight be the fact that Mr, Loh, was Feported to be one of the prominent Chinese, belonging to the Shanghai [Citizens' Association, which some Chinese rumour allege is to be a puppet regime" resulting from agreement between the Japanese aus $2,000 Reward Tne, French Police announced that the cifoumstances of the assassination Trey ig a reward of $2,000 pointed to vengeance as the motive.
off to any person furnishing information leading to the arrest of the two men responsible for the crime, Japanese and Japanese properly on New Year's Day.
"We consider the attacks most deplorable and it goes without saying that we believe that the prevention of such attacks as essential to. the restoration of normal conditions in Shanghai.
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