The Archive · 1940

Bribery Charge

'Sun Chuan-kwan, a middleman of he Shanghai Rice Market in Foochow Road who was sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment recently by the First [Special District Court charged with legally increasing the price of the second grade Saigon rice, was again sentenced yesterday by the same court, this time to five months" Imprisonment charged with bribery. was revealed by the prosecution that when he was discovered offering 365 per picul for his rice he was immediately placed" under because the price was $6 more th hho one fixed by the Sharghal Rice Price Fixing Commitlee. Soon after had been arrested Sun tried to ribe the police by paying $40 exchange for freedom,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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