Young Student Detained by Police The Settlement Police are investigating an alleged attempt to extort money ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 from twelve big Chinese firms by an 18-year old student named Wong Tse-yun, Brought before the First Special District Court yesterday, Wong was charged with having represented himself as the chief of the police bureau of the "Great Way City Government" at Pootung, demanding $20,000 donation from the manager of the Wing An Dong medicine store for the relief of rgfügees.
According to Mr. Paul Y. Ru, Assistant Municipal (Advocate, who prosecuted, the suspect wrote his first letter to the store on December 28, saying that he had been authorized by the Japanese authorities to collect donations, Failing to receive any reply, he was alleged to have written two additional letters, threatening action by the Japanese should the manager still ignore his demands. He told the manager that the Japanese would charge him with having instigated the throwing of hand-grenades at the Japanese.
Further letters were said to have been sent to the manager, who was asked to mail cheques, drawn on any local bank to Box 3461 of the "Sin Wan Pao,"
Acting on the Police advice, the manager sent a cheque for $5,000 drawn on the National State Bank of China to the box, As the suspect proceeded to the newspaper office, he was arrested by two detectives who bad been posted there.
Similar threatening letters were said to have been sent by the suspect to the following firms: the Wing On Ca, The Sun Ca, Sincere Ca, Sun Sun Ca, the SinjHwa Bank, Bank of China, Commercial Press, Silver Taxi Ca, Ford Taxi Ca., Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Ca, and the Lau Yung Hsiang silver store,
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