(a) careful examination by the law officers of each case
before a detention order is made;
(b) the reasons for detention are communicated to the
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detainee;
the Committee of Review procedure for hearing the
detainee's objections to his detention. (See
paragraphs 5-7 of Notes for Supplementaries).
The essential point is that detainees against whom admissible
evidence could be obtained of involvement in specific offences
would have been charged and tried in the courts. They have been
detained under emergency powers because such evidence of direct
participation in illegal acts has not been forthcoming although
it has been known, on reliable information, that they have played
a part behind the scenes in planning and organising such acts.
5. The third part of Mr. Parkyn's Question is aimed at eliciting
how many of the detainees are aliens and he may have in mind the
same point that was raised in the first of Mr. Royle 's two
Questions on 10 December.
standing; the Emergency (Deportation and Detention) Regulations,
for example, have been in force since 1956. They provide for
the detention of aliens whose detention has proved impracticable.
This is a necessary power so long as China refuses to accept the
return of those of its nationals in Hong Kong who are known
No persons are at present detained under these
criminals.
Regulations.
Certain emergency powers are of long
Mr. Parkyn may be intending to argue that Regulation
31 of the Principal Emergency Regulations is unnecessary in view
of these other powers.
But six of the detainees could claim to
be British