A plot to kill all important officials of the new Nanking regime by using poison gas was revealed yesterday in the new regime's press, which reported that Chian Yi-hu, a former policeman (employed in Nanking). was executed by a firing squad in Nanking on Monday morning following his conviction for the crime.
After his dismissal from the Nanking police force, Chian was said to have gone to Kiangsu and connived with Chu Min, a guerilla leader, in carrying out the wholesale assassination plot. He fled from Nanking in December of last year and tried to poison all important Nanking officials by the use of gas when the latter were celebrating the anniversary of the return of the capital to Nanking.
At the time of his arrest, Chian was said to be in possession of a "take" order. He was said to have confessed to the crime. During the hostilities, be served as a guerilla leader in north Kiangsu, After his group had been defeated by the Japanese. he joined the Nanking police force through the introduction of a friend. He was dismissed in August of 1940,
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