The Archive · 1941

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Human Meat Said Sold

The increased price of every kind of meat in Shanghai caused a mutton hawker to sell dog's meat some time ago as mutton and he was punished by the First Special District Court A more startling revelation, however, was made yesterday in the "Central China Daily News" that human meat was sold recently near Canton as donkey's meat and the hawker was arrested. He was arrested by the local police after careful investigations had been madi and he had confessed to the crime, was said.

Jen Chi, described a former medicine seller, aged 71, was arrested in his shop in'Fushan, near Canton, He had been deceiving his customers for some time but he aroused susicion later when the alert police some children's dresses in his He was caught and he soon already dead when brought to him, and placed their meat for sale in his shop, Vichy Deprives Collet of French nationality Lawyer Charged As

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