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Communication No. 2133
Hongkong, 14 September 1971
Thehairman
Trusteeship Council
United Nations, New York
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Dear Sir,
We invite your attention to the situation in Hongkong as the UN. Charter, Declarations and Resolutions are being outrageously abused by the U. K. Govern ment and its colonial régime. At the moment a trial is taking place concerning Freedom of Expression; 21 people who invoked their right to freedom of assembly, peaceful demonstration, etc as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and sect. 7 of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Territories. The following has been served here, and we request that it be
recorded in the U. No :
I,Tamerlane, having witnessed the events concerning HoN. Whiteley in Victoria Park on 7 July 1971, do hereby claim the right of a "citizen's arrest" on H. No Whiteley for acts of "crime against humanity" according to U. N. Declarations and Resolutions, which have been compounded by H. N. Whiteley's conduct during the peaceful demonstration held at Victoria Park on 7 July.
Served: 10 Sept., 1971
Copy to magistrate Governor notified in July,
HoN. Whiteley was the Superintendent of Colonial police in charge of the events on 7 July. An investigation was called for by the people (a Journalist's Assc.) and petitions forwarded to Governor but all declined.
In a speech I gave in July at the Hyde Park Forum (which has to obtain a license to function) at the City Hall, I accused Mr. Whiteley of "ihhuman treatment and bru-- tality with malice towards members of the public carrying out a peaceful demonstration in Victoria Park « a public park. Mr. Whiteley's conduct, as an individual, want above and beyond the enforcement of law & order. Such a murderous manner as he dis-
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played was not conducive to the keeping of the peace. His personal baton charges and indiscriminate use of same leaves much to be desired in a police officer of his rank in these circumstances. A full investigation at the highest levels of Authority is demanded to prevent it ever recurring again."
The rights, natural, legitimate and morally belonging to the peoples of Hongkong, have been abused far too long. The repressive nature of this colonial régime is made obvious to all who wish to live here. The U.K. Govt's policy in this regard is one of "colonial apartheid"; the rights on trial here are protected by the rule of law in the U.K. - re Taio Yu Tai demo in London.
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This communication was addressed to the Trusteeship Council and transmitted to the
Secretariat.
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