The Archive · 1939

Wang Ching-wei Escapes Murder Attempt Tseng Chung-ming Wounded

By Gunmen

Hongkong, Mar. 21.

Three unidentified Chinese gunmen early this morning staged an abortive attempt on the life of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, former Deputy Chief Executive of the Kuomintang, a Hanoi dispatch revealed.

Mr. Tseng Chung-ming, former vice-minister of Railways in the Kuomintang regime at Nanking and a close follower of Mr. Wang, Mrs Tseng, and a third member of the usted Kuomintang leader's party were seriously wounded by the assail ants, who escaped, the report said.

The attack occurred at 3 o'clock this morning, when three Chinese, armed with pistols, raided Mr. Wang's residence near Hanoi, according to the dispatch—Domei.

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