While several "puppet" officials were assassinated in the Settlement during the past few days kidnappers and robbers have been very active of ate in Hongkew and Kiangwar victimizing officials of the new Greater Shanghai Municipal Govern ment which maintains an unarmed police force.
The Intest victim is Mr. Tang Wen yuan, secretary of the new Japanese-supported city regime who was kidnapped carly on February 6 while he was waiting for a bus in Hongkew but released yesterday after he had pald a small ransom.
Mr. Tang, according to the account, was standing near a bus stop on the northern side of the Garden Bridxe when suddenly (we men rushed up and asked him to go with them. Tang, hesitated whereupon the men produced their pistols.
The victim was forced into a wait Ing ear in which he was driven away to an unknown destination. Just how much ransom had been paid to secure hig freedom no-one knows but it was learnt from a reliable source that the amount was only $300. He went to Mice yesterday. it was learnt.
It was also reliably learned that of Into gangsters often held up buses in Kinnawan and escaped only after stealing cash from passengers mostly oMieials of the city regime.
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