4. Cammara
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CCA208 EFD374
1125 : DETAINEES:
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HONG KONG, DEC.3, REUTER - SIX DETAINEES IMPRISONED DURING HONG KONG''S COMMUNIST DISTURBANCES LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN AND TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF A BOMB PLANTİNG SQUAD, WERE RELEASED TODAY.
TODAY''S RELEASES BRING THE NUMBER OF DETAINEES STILL HELD UNDER EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ENACTED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DISTURBANCES TO 23.
THE REGULATIONS WHICH ARE STILL IN FORCE, EMPOWER POLICE TO HOLD PEOPLE WITHOUT CHARGE OR TRIAL FOR PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS WHICH CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE WOMAN MEMBER OF THE GROUP WAS YAM YIM-CHI, A LEFT-WING PLAYWRIGHT AND FILM DIRECTOR WHO WAS ONE OF A GROUP OF 17 CHANTING MAO SLOGANS - OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN MAY LAST YEAR. MISS YAM WAS A MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE "ALL-CIRCLE ANTI-PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE, HE ADDED.
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CCA209 EPD375
1127 : DETAINEES 2 HONGKONG:
THE SPOKESMAN NAMED THE OTHERS AS WAT LEAU, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNIST MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION, LEUNG KIN, THE PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE KOWLOON DOCKWORKERS - UNION, YEUNG WAI, A MEMBER OF THE PLUMBERS UNION, AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE "SAIKUNG-ŠTRUGGLE COMMITTEE," ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BCMB FLANTING, CHEUNG WAI-SHING AND IU SHUI-HING.
ASKED HOW LONG THE SIX HAD BEEN DETAINED, THE-SPOKESMAN SAID THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
ALTOGETHER-54 PEOPLE WERE-DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTURBANCES. ALL 31 SO FAR RELEASED HAVE BEEN SET FREE SINCE JULY THIS YEAR. TODAY''S GROUP IS THE LARGEST NUMBER EVER-RELEASED CN ONE DAY.
THERE ARE STILL 421 PRISONERS IN HONG KONG JAILS AFTER BEING ARRESTED AND TRIED ON CHARGES CONNECTED WITH THE DISTURBANCES. AN ESTIMATED 1,000 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED OR DETAINED DURING THE TROUBLES.
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