Shanghai, Aug. 17, Three Chinese kidnapper suspects were brought before" the First Special District Court yesterday on a writ of detention in connection with an attempted. kidnapping com-imited on August 15 in the East Asta Hotel in the Sincere Department Store Building which appears political in Although no details were revealed in court It, was reported by the leading Chinese dailies yesterday that "four Chinese" connived with some Japanese inthe crime, They: twied to kidnap Wang Nan-kuo and Sheng Ling-chu, two. bristle merchants when the Louza police intervened just on time to. make three arrests, Two Japanese were arrested and they were alleged in the reports to have told the police that they were employees of the Japanese Consulate General "here. 'They were further alleged to have told the police that they wanted to. arrest" the two Chinese, who were suspected of being aiiliated with' guerillas. 'The Japan= ese were reported to have' been turned over to Japanese consular authorities,
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