HC Deb 22 June 1899 vol 73 c266
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether the woman who was outraged at Rangoon by sixteen soldiers of the West Kent Regiment is dead; why was the fact of her death, which was announced in the Star of the 31st May and the Bombay Champion of the 4th June, withheld from the knowledge of the Secretary of State; and whether the West Kent Regiment is still stationed in Rangoon.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Lord G. HAMILTON,Ealing) Middlesex,

I have ascertained that the woman who is alleged to have been outraged at Rangoon is not dead. The outrage is stated to have happened on the 2nd April; and at the trial of Private Horrocks on the 10th May the woman gave evidence in court. The West Kent Regiment is still at Rangoon.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

And is it to be allowed to remain there after this?

LORD G. HAMILTON

I think it would be most unwise to remove the regiment until we are in full possession, of the facts.