Shanghai, Feb. 9, 'The three gangsters who last month detained a villager in a lodging house in the western district and robbed him of personal effects after trying extortion were sentenced to heavy' prison terms yesterday by the First Special District Court. Lin Kwel-Yang and Zung Zing-pao were exch sentenced to six years' imprisonment, while a third man drew five months, The victim, Hsu Vu-hung, wax turning home in Jessfield Village one day Fast month when he was waylaid by the three men, who told him that his home had been visited by the police from the new city regime in Kinngwan and that his two. sisters were kidnapped. He was suspected to be a guerilla, he was told.
Being frightened by the men, the villager accompanied them to a ied, ting house where they were supposed plan the release of his two sisters, 'They wanted him to pay, but_ the F payment did not satisfy' them, Dur-Ing the negotiation they were arrested. The two sisters are still said to be missing. Tt is also alleged th the villager has lost cash and! valuables amounting to a sum running into six figures and the supposed raid on his home fs still a mystery.
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