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Monday 26 September 2016

Japanese spy arrested at Padang, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 12 January 1905

An item reported that at Padang, Sumatra. Dutch East Indies a Japanese was arrested just before his departure towards Singapore. In his possession were drawings of the Emmahaven and local defence works. He lived already for some time at Padang and was observed by the police.(1)

Note
1. Nowadays known as Teluk Bayur, the largest harbour at the west side of Sumatra, dating from 1888 and made as ordered by the of the Netherlands.