CYPHER CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELE NO 73
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23 JAN 1969
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION.
DETAILS OF THE FIVE BOYS STILL IMPRISONED ARE AS FOLLOWS :
(A) ON 14.11.67 A 15 YEAR OLD BOY,
THREW
A BOMB WHICH EXPLODED ON IMPACT, AT THE WATERFRONT POLICE STATION.
AFTER ARREST BY POLICE, HIS HOME WAS SEARCHED.
A SIMULATED BOND
AND FOUR PACKETS OF CHEMICALS FOR MAKING BOMBS WERE FOUND IN
HIS ROOM. HE WAS CHARGED WITH (1) CAUSING AN EXPLOSION AND
(2) POSSESSION OF OFFENSIVE WEAPON, AND WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR
YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON EACH CHARGE, THE SENTENCES BEING CONCURRENT,
20 MONTHS LEFT TO SERVE AT CHI MA WAN OPEN PRISON SEMI COLON
(3) ON 10.167 A 14 YEAR OLD BOY,
BOMBS UNDER THE CHATHAN ROAD FLYOVER IN KOWLOON.
PLACED TWO
BOTH BOMOS
WERE EXPLODED BY A BALISTICS TEAM, ONE BEING REAL, THE OTHER
SIMULATED,
WAS CHARGED WITH (1) POSSESSION OF AN OFFENSIVE
WEAPON AND (2) POSSESSION OF A SIMULATED BOMB AND WAS SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEARS AND THREE YEARS RESPECTIVELY, THE SENTENCES BEING HAS 26 MONTHS LEFT TO SERVE AT CHI HA WAN OPEN
CONCURRENT.
PRISON
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31
27 JAN 1969
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