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Hong Kong Dept.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary 20
Office through your Under-Secretary by
for ORAL answer on..
La* Mr. Ronald Atkins (Preston, North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what circumstances the 11-year old schoolboy,
was arrested in Hong Kong; what charges were preferred against him; what was the verdict and the sentence; and whether he is still in prison, and where.
17th February, 1969
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MR. GORONWY ROBERTS
If my honourable Friend has in mind a boy
called
he was arrested in March 1968,
charged and convicted with riding a bicycle with a
pillion passenger, obstructing the Police and assaulting
a Police Officer. He was given a complete discharge
on the first two charges. On the third charge a
small fine was imposed with the option of one day's
imprisonment, but the time already spent on remand
was accepted in lieu of this punishment.
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