DUE TO POISONING
DEATH OF JAPANESE SINGAPORE SENSATION SINGAPORE, Dee. 13. At the inquest concerning the death of the Japanese, Mr. Nishimura, the Government, analyst's report showed that death was due to strychnine poisoning. This probably will be the Jinal light on the Japanese mystery at Singapore. Inspector Prithvi Chand said that ho asked Nishimura to call in connection with a Japanese visitor who had no passport, and who said that his passport was in Nishimura's possession. He had only spoken a few words when Nishimura collapsed. Nobody saw him take poison. The inquest was adjourned till Saturday for the verdict.
Mr. Nishimura, a leading Japanese businessman of Singapore, dropped dead while being questioned at the offices of the Singapore C.I.D. It was then revealed that the police possessed documents implicating two Japanese secret intelligence officers who were visiting Singapore, and raids on hotels and houses followed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18580, 14 December 1934, Page 5
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