all had a chance to appeal to an independent
Committee of Review:
Mr. Grey has had no
chance to plead his case before any authority
Fourth, no-one knows, least of all Mr. Grey,
when he may be released.
Detention orders
are for one year and many detainees have been
released before the year was up. One has
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been redetained for cause for one year and
given a further chance of appeal to the
Committee of Review. Last, Mr. Grey has
had one visit only during his incarceration.
Detainees in Hong Kong may be, and are,
visited at least once a month by relatives
and friends and can be visited more frequently
if occasion warrants. Nor are they held in
virtual solitary confinement as is Mr. Grey.
I could elaborate the dissimilarities
further, but I believe the above is enough to
answer
demolish Mr. Rear's highly tendentious
arguments. Nobody likes detention procedures, least of all the Hong Kong authardices,
least of all myself, but at least they have
been used in Hong Kong with the greatest
moderation bearing in mind the scale and
severity of the events of 1967. At the
height of the trouble, the maximum number of
detainees ever in custody was fifty four,
which I suggest compares very favourably
with the similar measures other governments
in the area have found it necessary to take
Similar but
when subjected to certainly no more dangerous
or violent situations.
Yours faithfully,
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