Ng Akew

She was the central figure in a pirate scandal in 1849, which attracted great attention as a cause célèbre.

[1] Ng Akew was a Tanka slave of the American opium smuggler James Bridges Endicott (1814–1870) who operated in Hong Kong; Ng Akew appears to have been involved in his business.

Additionally, Ng Akew gave birth to 5 children fathered by Endicott.

[2] In 1849, he gave her a share of his cargo, which she sold along the coast from her own boats.

Her guilt could not be proven in court and she was therefore freed, but the case became famous in her time.