The proprietor of the C.U.A. Resstaurant in the Burlin£ton Hotel, Mr. Yuen Ts-tsaring, was kidnapped at 8.20 o'clock last night by three Chinese who walked into the establishment and confronted him with the muzzles of three Mauser pistols. Mr. Yuen- was Standitig behind the bar of the Bubbling Well Road restaurant when, he was ordered by the bandits to follow ihém into the street. He complied, and it is believed that he was spirited away in a motor car. No shots were fired.
The theft of a Johnson Garage hire-car shortly before the kidnapping may have been connected with the case. According to a theory advanced last night, the stolen car was used by the abductors. The vehicle was. hired in Connaught Road, driven to Singapore Road where four men joined it and took it by force from the driver. Later in the evening it was found abandoned in the Gordon Road police district.
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