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Mr. Godden
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This is a very difficult and awkward case concerning the dismissal of a Hong Kong Police Sergeant as long ago as 1962, which was taken up last year by Mr. Patrick Jenkin, MP, and has been raised in Parliament. It is connected with the penetration of Hong Kong Special Branch by Kuamintang (KMT) intelligence and sabotage agents operating in Hong Kong. The activities of the KMT Secret Service (who have used Hong Kong as a base for operations against the Chinese mainland) can have serious repercussions on our relations with China: on occasions they have been the subject of formal Chinese protests and informal warnings. But generally we have reason to believe that the Chinese are impressed and satisfied with Hong kong's very successful efforts to uncover and put a stop to these activities. It
is vital for Hong Kong that this success should not be imperilled by disloyalty within the Special Branch, and that proved cases of penetration are rigorously dealt with.
This is the background against which we need to consider the case of Sergeant Chu Leung who was dismissed the Hong Kong Police Force in 1962, after disciplinary enquiries presided over by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, on evidence obtained during the interrogation of four KMT agents. It was known that information about Special Branch activities against the KMT was being leaked. The four agents all implicated Sergeant Chu Leung. The Disciplinary Tribunal found against him on four of the nine charges. He accepted his dismissal, returned his medals when called upon to do so, and did not make any representa- tions about the decision until 1965, when he wrote to the Gove.nor) seeking reinstatement, the latter seeing no grounds to intervene. In August 1966 he addressed representations to the Secretary of State for the Colonis, copied to the Governor and to Mr. Jenain. This has been treated as a petition to the Secretary of State (although it did not come through the proper channels) and the usual exchanges with the Govenor have taken place.
3. în 1962, after his dismissal, proceedings were instituted for the revocation of Surgeant Chu Leung's status as a British subject by naturalisation. A second full enquiry was held. The Committee reported in 1965 and concluded that there was insufficient evidence that he had shown himself disloyal or disaffected to warrant withdrawal of his naturalisation. The Governor accepted this recommendation. As a result of this further enquiry in 1963, the Governor 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 apsolute fairness to Sergeant Chu Leung.
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