Shanghai, Aug. 8, Claiming to have been ' victimized by extortioners who alleged that he worked on a: repair job on the Japanese flagship Tdzumo, a Chinese Toreman of a Yangtszepoo dockyard was complainant against two Chinese at the Second Special District Court yesterday.
Two men Hsieh Yung-Keng and Wang Ka-chang are being detained by the court on a writ of detention pending further investigations, In court, they denied that they have tried extortion explaining that they had merely tried to obtain a reward informants from the intended ie tim who they know was being victimized by an extortion gang. They. wanted to report on the Intentions of the extortioners but }they themselves did not try extort than that when the Japanese damaged the intended victim, 'Tang Ah-tung, was employed to mace necessary repairs and that hho alone was contracted for doing, the Job, He obtained a big profit, it was alleged, and so he attracted ihe attention' of the leader of their "company" who wrote him demand. ing. "military foes."
The detained men were arrested fast month by "the French police when they visited the home of the Intended victim at 25 Garden Villa, Route Pere Robert. They wore alleged to have told Tang that they had been ordered by their superiors to obtain military funds. Tong ro: ported the matter to the police at once which soon resulted in their being arrested.
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