Two Chinese men, one of whom is said to be a minor official of the Quinsan District Government, are reported to have been kidnapped in the Chinese territory in Shanghai on Thursday. Motives are unknown and no arrests have been made by the Chinese police.
Koo Ta-yen, a middle-aged man working in Pootung, was carried off while staying in his relative's home in Wen Miao Road, Nantao. Soon after he had stepped out from his relative's home he was forced into a waiting motor car by four men and driven away in the direction of the south railway station.
Chu Hsiang-lin, the Quinsan official, was visited by three armed Kidnappers shortly after 8 a.m. while he was still in bed in his Shanghai home at 3 Hung Hsing Li, Jessfield Road. The report states that at the point of pistol he was forced to get up and later dragged into a waiting motor car which sped away to an unknown destination.
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