CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE HONG KONG
TEL NUMBER 658
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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DATE 20 AUGUST, 14P COPY
FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG.
ADDRESSED FCO AS MYTEL. NO. 658 OF 20TH AUGUST RFI PEKING.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 631, PARAGRAPH 5:
UNION OFFICIALS.
ARRESTED COMMUNIST TRADE
YOU MAY WISH TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE ARREST OF THIS OFFICIAL, NG YEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG
AND CHINA GAS CO. LTD. CHINESE EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION.
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2. THE ALLEGED OFFENCE OCCURRED ON 8TH JUNE 1967, AT THE HEIGHT OF
CONFRONTATION, WHEN POLICE RAIDED A LOCAL GAS STORAGE DEPOT WHERE
MILITANT COMMUNIST WORKERS ARMED WITH OFFENSIVE WEAPONS HAD
BARRICADED THE PREMISES AND ILLEGALLY DETAINED EUROPEAN CIVILIAN
STAFF. THE WORKERS STRENUOUSLY RESISTED POLICE ATTEMPTS TO
ENTER AND NG, ONE OF THE LEADERS, THREATENED TO BLOW UP, THE DEPOT
IF THE POLICE PERSISTED IN THEIR ATTEMPTS. THE POLICE EVENTUALLY
ENTERED AND FREED THE STAFF. NG ESCAPED AND A WARRANT WAS ISSUED
FOR HIS ARREST.
3. NG WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS CASES ARISING
OUT OF THE 1967 CONFRONTATION. THE POLICE HAVE WEEDED OUT A VERY
LARGE NUMBER OF THE LESS SERIOUS OFFENDERS AND HAVE MAINTAINED
WARRANTS FOR THE ARREST ONLY IN THE MOST SERIOUS CASES. APART FROM
NG THERE ARE 37 WARRANTS STILL OUTSTANDING.
4.
OFFENDERS FOR WHOM WARRANTS ARE OUTSTANDING WILL BE ARRESTED WHEN
SEEN, BUT IT HAS BEEN POLICY NOT TO SEEK THEM OUT IN SENSITIVE
PREMISES. NG WAS RECENTLY PINPOINTED BY SPECIAL BRANCH AND
ARRESTED AT HOME IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 9 AUGUST.
5.
HE APPEARED IN COURT ON 13 AUGUST AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HE WAS
RECEIVED Iv
REGISTRY No.51
20 AUG 1969
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