During his argument yesterday Me.
Child Abduetors Richardson said that the ownership Shanghai, Apr. 17. of shares in subsidiary insurance companies docs not require the More revelations were' made yes-arent corporation to take out 0 terday in the First Special Disiriet Court when 10 child abductor sus-Ticense to do business as an insurance company and the ownership of peels, six of whom are women, all or the majority of the stock in a appeared again before the judge, it Subsidiary company does not con-being asserted by the police that more than 100 local Chinese children stitute doing a, business. Quoting Justice Feetham's report, counsel said have been abducted by the gang that there were 106 Insurance com-said to be the biggest of its kind panies carrying on business in Shaogoperating here with headquarters in hat, Investments In. Insurance com-Hongkew and that at least 19 panies, said Mr. Richardson, were children, including the we already above the average, if mot the safest rescued, have been identified by Investments in China their worried parents. In view of The history of American trade in the complicated nature of the case Shanghai was full of upo and downs, the police did not frame any he" continued, due to wars, and charges against the accused but Muctuation of exchange. China Trade merely asked the judge to postpone Act Companies should not be restrict~ the hearing for another two weeks din their investments and should to facilitate extensive investigations. hot have to put all their eggs in one Parents of.18 kidnapped children basket, but should be given an oppor-were In court yesterday to identify tunity' to spread. the garments worn by their offspring The question involved, said Mr. at the time of their disappearance Richardson, was not the business of and it was also brought to. light the subsidiary companies but the in-that, besides identifying garments, vestment business of the parent parents of missing children might company, Quoting "American Invest-also go to the Kashing Road Police, ments in China," he said that the within whose district the abduction China Trade Act was designed as 0 Ean was located, fo tenly leurs direct encouragement to American investment and the Act was rare iaken'by members atthe ease of their children. These pictures in order to obtain military passes allowing them to send their vielims to outports for sale and in order 10 obtain these pictures the _police have raided two photograph studios in Ward Rood) and East Seward Road.
Parents of 19 kidnapped children have so far been able to identity their beloved ones by either secing their garments or pictures but excepting two children, whom the police rescued last week when they Falded the headquarters of the gang Gisgulsed asa wine and cigarette shop at 355 Paoting Road, all the other missing children are believed to have been transported and sold In outports most probably in Amoy and other places' in Fukien. As mote investigations willie made, there are bound to be more happy. re-unions between worried parents, and Kidnapped children although it will take time, was revealed in court that the gang had been operating on a most extensive scale and the fact that the police had seized more than' 100 children's garments at its headquarters Indicates that the gang Thad been doing their job with some capital too. It was revealed during! the previous hearing that once when they had kidnapped a child they. changed the clothing so. that the victim might not be: recognized by: their_relatives or friends.
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