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THE GUARDIAN
cutting dated
4 SEP 1973
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Anti-British feeling over Detective police chief in Hongkong owned
Mr Tom Pendry, Labour MP for Stalybridge. who has returned from a four-week visit to hongkong, deeply disturbed by a rising tide of anti-British feeling, wants to see the Foreign Secretary,
Alec Douglas-Home.
Sir
He is urging that Scotland Yard should carry out an inves- tigation into the case of the former Hongkong police chief, Mr Peter Godber, who left the colony when wanted for ques- tioning under the Prevention of Bribery ordinances and has not returned. He is now living in Sussex.
By our Political Staff
Pendry is apprehensive that feeling over the case might set off wider troubles.
Mr Pendry will tell Sir Alee that Scotland Yard should be called in to deal with the specific issue of the Godber case. He is not advocating any general inquiry into the Hong, kong police. He feels this would raise the standing of the force in the colony at a time when it suffers from a lack of public esteem and would lift the morale of the force itself.
this is not a matter for Sir Alec it is one he will seek to
raise with appropriate Mini- sters.
3 cars.
Hong Kong, September 3 A senior Hong Kong police officer today pleaded not guilty to charges of maintaining a stan- dard of living above that com- mensurate with his salary crime under the colony's anti- bribery laws.
In the long term he believes this could be the most serious threat of all. He was disturbed by failure to observe Inter national Labour Organisation conventions, by low safety levels in factories, and by a lack of He had talks with trade union adequate bargaining machinery representatives of all groups. formerly of
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Superintendent Ernest Hunt, the Glamorgan of head Communist Constabulary, unions, and also talked tc. Hong Kong's murder squad workers on strike in the docks, until he was suspended after Mr Pendry found evidence, tce, of strong feeling over the Mr Pendly said that though being charged with the offence
sterling Mr Pendry, who is an Opposi- colony's
balances. changes were being proposed tion Whip, found that feeling in People to whom he talked felt he thought this was a subject Hongkong over the Godber case that Hongkong was being which needed to be looked at Britain's pur in depth. He would like to set was running high. Student exploited for
anisations who were among poses. He was also disturbed it taken up by the TUC. those to whom he talked had by the state of industrial rela- Policeman owned three cars, had protest meetings. Mr tions in the colony, and though