This has been treated as a petition to the
Secretary of State (although it did not come
through the proper channels).
In 1962, after his dismissal, proceedings
were instituted for the revocation or Sergeant
Chu's status as a british subject by
naturalisation. A second full enquiry was held
The Comittee reported in 1963 and concluded that
there was insufficient evidence that he had shown
himself disloyal or disaffected to warrant
withdrawal of his naturulisation.
Your
predecessor accepted this recommendation.
As a
result of this further enquiry in 1963, he
caused the disciplinary proceedings to be
carefully re-examined by one of the Hong Kong
Law Officers. That Officer expressed doubt as
to whether the evidence before the disciplinary
enquiry was sufficiently strong to support the
findings, but he endorsed the opinion of the
Committee that the disciplinary enquiry was
conducted with absolute fairness to Sergeant
In his
The disciplinary proceedings have been
examined by one of our legal advisers.
view Scrgeant Chu should not have been found
guilty of the charges laid against him on the
evidence available, which showed serious discrepancies and could have been fabricated.
This conclusion is supported by Police Advisers
and by those who handle disciplinary matters in
the Ministry of Overseas Development.
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