REPUBLIC OF CHINA

186, Tam Kung Street, Kowloon Peninsula, was the address of the house in which Sung Man Cho and some close associates sojourned while resistance and propaganda activities persevered. On June 6, 1931, his arrest at this location triggered the start of a famous political and judicial incident recorded in history: ‘The Legal Case of Nguyễn Ái Quốc in Hong Kong.’ For further elaboration, it all traced back to when a letter he penned inadvertently fell into the hands of the French police in Saigon. In the meantime, the British police in Singapore captured Mr Lefranc, a member of the Comintern, while his letter was being sent to Nguyễn Ái Quốc’s address in Hong Kong. Under French influence, the Hong Kong police prosecuted Uncle Hồ for ‘being a spy of the Comintern, henchman of the Soviet Union, and scheming against the government.’ With a death sentence approaching, the world witnessed Nguyễn Ái Quốc’s bravery and capacity as a revolutionary through this case. Hồ Tùng Mậu, his comrade and brother-in-arms, contacted the most prominent solicitor in Hong Kong at that point, Loseby, via the International Red Aid to seek assistance for Sung Man Cho. Going through many court trials and even when the colonialist government ‘broke their word’ multiple times, Loseby with his role as a lawyer and his wife succeeded in helping Uncle Hồ to leave Hong Kong. Once again, this event marked a perilous milestone in the supreme leader’s expedition toward national salvation.