Extracts from a statement made by Stern Ho, January 1944:
I was a member of the Hongkong Police Reserve, and served in this capacity until the fall of Hongkong. After hostilities I was approached by Mr David Loie to work for the Allies and do espionage work against the enemy. I agreed, and I was enrolled as a member of the M Group (headed jointly by Mr Loie in Hongkong and Mr William W C Mok in Waichow).
At that time the high cost of living was soaring sky high and it was hard for me to upkeep my family and myself. I asked Mr Loie whether he permitted me to work for the Japanese. He told me by all means for it would be a very good cover for me. I then secured a job as an accountant in the Saikung District Bureau.
On 1st June 1943 Mr Loie was arrested, and it was found that anyone connected with him (even seen on a photograph with him) would also be arrested. For this reason Mr Yeung Sau Tak and Mr Phillip Chan were arrested a few days later. Mr Jackie Lau, a Group Leader, seeing the dangerous position our group was in, decided we must go to Waichow to report. Therefore, on the 11th June 1943 he, Mr William Lee, Mr Chan Kai and myself left for Waichow, leaving our families in Hongkong. In Waichow we reported to Major Hooper, BAAG, and told him the plight that our families were in. When the Japanese were unable to find us in Hongkong, they were sure to arrest our families. Major Hooper understood our case and promised that he would do everything possible to get our families out to Free China. Eventually my family came up to Waichow and I took them back to my native village. On the way we were robbed by bandits, and it was lucky that we only lost our belongings and not our lives.
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Stern Ho
Extracts from a statement made by Stern Ho, January 1944:
I was a member of the Hongkong Police Reserve, and served in this capacity until the fall of Hongkong. After hostilities I was approached by Mr David Loie to work for the Allies and do espionage work against the enemy. I agreed, and I was enrolled as a member of the M Group (headed jointly by Mr Loie in Hongkong and Mr William W C Mok in Waichow).
At that time the high cost of living was soaring sky high and it was hard for me to upkeep my family and myself. I asked Mr Loie whether he permitted me to work for the Japanese. He told me by all means for it would be a very good cover for me. I then secured a job as an accountant in the Saikung District Bureau.
On 1st June 1943 Mr Loie was arrested, and it was found that anyone connected with him (even seen on a photograph with him) would also be arrested. For this reason Mr Yeung Sau Tak and Mr Phillip Chan were arrested a few days later. Mr Jackie Lau, a Group Leader, seeing the dangerous position our group was in, decided we must go to Waichow to report. Therefore, on the 11th June 1943 he, Mr William Lee, Mr Chan Kai and myself left for Waichow, leaving our families in Hongkong. In Waichow we reported to Major Hooper, BAAG, and told him the plight that our families were in. When the Japanese were unable to find us in Hongkong, they were sure to arrest our families. Major Hooper understood our case and promised that he would do everything possible to get our families out to Free China. Eventually my family came up to Waichow and I took them back to my native village. On the way we were robbed by bandits, and it was lucky that we only lost our belongings and not our lives.