Shanghai, July 2 Charged with attempted extortion ung Chi-keng and. his accomplice Won Siacpi wore. sentenced to 18 months and. ix months" imprisons ment respectively yesterday' by the First. Special Disthiet Court." The latter was ordered by the Juidye to serve hig prison term after a period fof incarceration at the reformatory, for he is only 17 years old.
"The sentenced" men pinned a threatening note written in verse on the door of the Chang Yuen Restaurant at 176 Alcock Road some time ago demanding $50. They also adopted novel way of extortion apart from showing that they are poets. They put a small coffin in front of the re~ staurant by way of Intimidation. 'The maneyer refused to give in and reported the matter to the police, re~ sulting in their arrests Tater. uly, Charged with extortion, 'Li Yung. alias Li Wen-kwel, an employee of the Hollywood Gardens, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday by the First Special Distr Court, Apart from serving as assistant in the gambling house Li was found to be an extortioner by Posing a8 a representative of the Shanghat Munfeipal Council.
Wearing an imitation badge. Li recently went to a thermos bottle manufacturing company. in Ferry Road and succeeded in extorting $24 from the manager explaining that victim had not obtained an official ligence for erecting a cool camp in the courtyard of his factory. During his detention the Garden Road police made extensive investigations in which it was revealed that Li had similarly victimized three "other persons, Convicted Killer Again Sentenced Shanghai, July 26.
Aman who was sentenced six years ago to life imprisonment by
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