Three Japanese participants in a kidnapping attempt yesterday morning escaped arrest after their victim. a vegetable hawker who was reputed to be well-to-do, was rescued by the police, The Japanese and a Chinese: accomplice invaded the home of the hawker at an address in Chihli Road early in the morning and coerced the man into accompanying them.
The victim raised an alarm while the party were negotiating the Fokien Road Bridge and a Chinese constable on duty near by hurried to the scene, arrested the Chinese accomplice ahd freed the victim. The nese escaped. The kidnappers were unt armed.
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