BANDIT VILLAGE NEAR HONG KONG
REPRISALS BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT TROOPS (Rec. 11 pan.) HONG KONG, May 23. Recent murders of Hong Kong pdlice on the borders the colony were avenged during the week-end, when the gang responsible was annihilated by Chinese Nationalist forces in Shuiwai, a village on the Chinese side of the border. Acting ©n information Supplied by the Hpng Kong police, the Chinese soldiers surrounded the bandit village, and after a spirited battle, killed three bandits, including the leader, and captured a number of others, including a woman intelligence officer. While the battle was ih progress, the Hong Kong police mantled key points along the border to prevent the gang from escaping into British territory, xln the bandits’ houses were discovered arms which were recently stolen from Hong Kong border posts.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 5
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