The Archive · 1941

Suspected Murderers Arrested by S.M.P

June 4.

It was learned yesterday that de. fee tives of the Shanghai Municipal Police had arrested Zia Cho-chiao and two other persons on suspicion of taking part in the assassination of Sub. Insp, Ying Tsu-ching of the Western Shanghai Area Special Police Force, Zia, who Is said to be the chief culprit, is the owner of the Yung Lok tea shop at the corner of Laipo and Ferry Roads, It was there the de-techyes, investigating the case and working on information obtained previously, effected the arrest and [solved the' mystery, It was said that Zia is a follower lof a notorious crimirtal named Soong! Feng-min, No motive for the crime could be learned, although the assassination had no political signif cance, A private grudge was considered possible,

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