HC Deb 22 May 1946 vol 423 cc91-2W
100. Mr. Piratin

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now state what steps have been taken to release Choo Kow, leading member of the Malayan people's anti-Japanese army, who was tried on a charge of murder for having killed a collaborationist.

Mr. George Hall

The Governor of the Malayan Union, who has commuted the sentence to one of imprisonment, reported a week ago that Choo Kow was being kept in prison until he had entered into a bond with two sureties in $1,000 each to keep the peace for 12 months.

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