"Having this information, the Shanghai Municipal Police approached the Japanese Consular Police on June 19 and requested the cooperation of the Japanese authorities in bringing the kidnappers to justice.
"In view of the serious nature of the crime, the Japanese Consular Police immediately took steps to ce operate in efforts to apprehend criminals.
"Ssu, who seemed to be the ringleader of the kidnapping group in Amoy, eluded the authorities for some time by frequently changing his hid ing place in the Kulangsu Inter national Settlement.
"Ssu, however, was apprehended on Police gave to the local Japanese Con-
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