those of making false statements in the course

of duty; neglect of duty and conduct

prejudicial to good order and discipline.

Cow which he was found guilty) Although the charges/might be described as

s/mig!

charges of disloyalty in a domestic sense in

their application to a member of a disciplined

force, they certainly could not be so regarded

in a national sense. The Minister therefore

fully understood and agreed with the

conclusion reached by the Committee of Enquiry

set up under the British Nationality Act in

1963 that there was not sufficient evidence of

disloyalty or disaffection to justify Chu

Leung's being deprived of his British

nationality. The Minister might add that

following the report of that Committee of

Enquiry, the Governor immediately reviewed the

disciplinary proceedings against Chu Leung but

came to the conclusion that he should not

intervene in the matter.

3.

It is true that the evidence adduced

against Chu Leung in the disciplinary

proceedings was based in part on the evidence

of spies and as such had to be treated with

extreme caution. However, that this was-

fully allowed for is apparent from the

following comments of the Commissioner of

Police, Hong Kong, when in July, 1962 he

reported to the Governor on the outcome of the

disciplinary proceedings stated!-

"The evidence upon which these

convictions were based, albeit in part the

evidence of men themselves accused and in

the character of accomplices, and which had

to be regarded with extreme caution, was

/convincing

He was

was found not

guilty

Dw

five other

charges, some of which discetty involord disloyalty

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