Four alleged rice rioters, one of them a woman, were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday on a writ of detention. They admitted having taken part in the riot in a rice shop in Point Road near East Yuhang Road on Wednesday but implicated a factory worker in East Yuhang Road as their ringleader. They were remanded for one week.
Scores of men and women stormed into the rice shop on Wednesday afternoon and looted the premises of four zah of rice. The stolen rice was alleged to have been taken by the factory workers. The mob was later dispersed by the police.
'Two other rice dealers were each sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment yesterday by the same court for selling their rice beyond the official price of $40 a picul A customer bought a picul of rice from their shop by paying $50 but in the bill of sale only $40 was mentioned. An argument between the seller and buyer aroused the attention of the police resulting in the accused being arrested.
Fifteen men and women were arrested but not charged, as it was alleged that they had bought flour from the officially sponsored flour cheap sale shops and resold them for making profits. Since it was difficult to find evidence against the fraudulent dealings they have now been released without being referred to the Court.
Meanwhile, another broken Saigon rice cheap sale movement will be started today under the auspices of the Shanghai Rice Distribution Committee which recently distributed about 20,000 bags of the rice to the poor at a very cheap price. As in the former case, a person is allowed buy only $1 worth of the grain today and the quantity is somewhat reduce las compared with the first sale. result of that Ball we were able to transfer $1,125 to our charity funds.
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