A Chinese official of the "Reformed Government" was yesterday reported to have been assassinated in a room at the New Asia Hotel. Up to a late hour, however, no information regarding the alleged crime had been communicated to the Hongkew Police Station in whose district the hotel is situated, SMP. Headquarters likewise had not been apprised that a killing had taken place.
The man said to have been murdered, Vu Ta-hsiung, is a former owner and editor of a small Chinese newspaper, called the "Crystal." When he joined the reformed regime, it is stated, he was given the title "Coun seller to the Ministry of Industry but his work actually has been in the nature of press propaganda.
He is said to have been killed by Chinese hatchet-men in the New Asia Hotel early yesterday morning.
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