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Mr. Maurice Orbach (Stockport, South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what were the circumstances in of the Belilios which the schoolgirl,
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School, Hong Kong, was arrested; how many of her school-mates were arrested at the same time; what charges were preferred against them; what were the ages of the girls when arrested; how many are now imprisoned; and what are the lengths of sentence still to run in these cases.
27 January, 1969.
No. 72
MR. WILLIAL WHITLOCK
In the course of enquiries held during the latter half of 1967 into the distribution
within Belilios Girls School of inflammatory
leaflets of a political naturo,
a pupil, was suspended from school for
disobedience and indiscipline, pending
consideration of her expulsion.
Subsequently
she entered the school, demanded to be allowed to return and with 13 other girls caused
disturbances which required police intervention.
All 14 girls, aged between 16 and 18, were
arrested.
was charged with trespassing;
the others with obstructing the police.
They
were all sentenced to fines of H.K. 100 or one
month's imprisonment. The finos of 6 were paid
(including
The other 8 chose the
prison sentence, and have completed it.