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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on
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Hong Kone Her
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
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on Theme: 23/1
Noon on
La Mr. Stan Newens (Epping): To ask the Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many children under 12, 14 and 16 years of age, respectively, were arrested in Hong Kong during the demonstrations of 1967 and subsequent events; how many were boys and how many girls; how many are still imprisoned; and what are the lengths of sentences still to run in these
cases.
24th January, 1969
π. Lillian Whirlock
A total of 149 boys and 31 girls under 16 years of age were
arrested during the 1967 disturbances;
of these one boy and
two girls were under 12 years; 30 boys and 7 girls were under
and 118 boys and 22 girls were under 16 years.
14 years;
Only Five boys (in the 14-15 age group) remain in prison;
two still have 17 months each to serve, two have 20 months each and
one boy has 26 months to serve, assuming maximum remission of
Four
in
RAR
sentence.
imjoy Prison and Re
all
a separate
Open Frison;
Shi He Wan
They are all kept in the young prisoners' section have the opportunity of
where they receive academic and technical training-and they have
sonena
no contact with any older priso
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