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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for ORAL answer on.
Home King Dear.
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Under-Secretary by 72w Noon on Thore.231,
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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,
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,
1. Liman Wither
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27 January, 1969.
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 nature,
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 fines of 6 were paid (including
The other 8 chose the prison
sentence, and have completed it.
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