OPIUM ADDICT. CASE OF, CHAN FUN.

OPIUM ADDICT. CASE OF, CHAN FUN. TO GO BACK TO CHINA COMPATRIOTS TO PAY FARE,
The opium addict, Chan Fun, aged 48, who was arrested on October 21 on a charge of being found in possession of prepared opium, and who has been remanded on several occasions, is shortly to leave on his return to China.
When he last appeared in the Police Court medical evidence was given that he was suffering from an incurable and infectious form of tuberculosis and that his condition was such that it was not desirable that he should be confined in prison. A remand until to-day was allowed to see if arrangements coiild be made to have him sent back to China.
This morning Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, who appeared for the Chinese, said tliat the doctor who had attended to him considered that nothing could be done to assist him. Chan Fun was not a suitable case for admission to the T.B. shelters. "Unfortunately," said counsel, "the Chinese community is having some difficulty in raising sufficient funds to pay his fare back to China. They have had to put their hands in pockets to send home two other Chinese. However, if your Worship will grant a further adjournment for one month, liis compatriots undertake to find the money for his fare to China."
Senior Detective Hall consented to tlie adjournment and, stated that Chan Fun would he better out of New Zealand than in it. . a
Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., remanded accused until January 9 and granted a renewal of his bail. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 288, 5 December 1935, Page 10