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JAPANESE IN CHINA. United press Assn—By Electric Telegraj >li—Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 23. A Chungking communique states that General Cliang Clung Hui, Premier of Mnnchukuo, poisoned all tlie members of his family, shot and killed his Japanese adviser and five high ranking officals of his puppet Government and then suicided. The communique quoted a- Chinese Intelligence report saying that the Premier was unable to stand Japanese oppression any longer. Lin Shin Liang, head of the Finance Ministry’s Transportation Department. was executed by the personal order of Marshal Chiang Kaishek for corruption and the embezzlement of thiity million yuan. Lin was found guilty of stealing funds when directing the transfer of Chinese property from Burma. Early in 1942 th© Military arrested him in Kunming. The execution has attracted attention throughout tlie country as it symbolised the Governmen’s determination to eradicate corruption.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15233, 24 December 1942, Page 3
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