Shot in the forehead and abdomen by two armed men, who were accompanied by an unarmed accomplice, while sitting in Room 228 of the Cen-ital Hotel, Canton Head, at about 6 Bam, yesterday evening, Loh Yue"ding, 42 years of age, succumbed to his Wounds in the Lester Chinese Hospital shortly afterwards. In response to an alarm, a par of police from Louza station turned out and arrived at the hotel to discover Loh sitting in a chair quite conscious despite his terrible head wound.
According to hotel employees and other people the three men came into the hotel and walked to Loh's room, Where they opened the door and walked inside. A few moments later several shots rang out and the three men aasued downstairs and out of the Gstablishment into the street.
When employees of the hotel entered the room they discovered Loh sitting in his chair badly wounded in the forehead and stomach. The police were summoned and the man was removed' to hospital where he died later, search of the room revealed no motive for the crime and investigations are being continued by the Police. In 1938, it will be recalled, Det-Supt Loh Lien-kwei, of the Shanghai Municipal Police, was shot and killed in front of this hotel while sitting in his car, The victim of yesterday's crime was not a relative el Supt. Loh, itis stated, and it is believed that he was connected with the management of the hotel.
The identity of the three assassins had not been discovered at a late hour last night although it is believed that they were not connected with any political organization.
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