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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer 25 Juna 1973.
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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
Ion Monday 25/6
Mr James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull, West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why the Hong Kong Government have not sought the return to the Crown Colony of Chief Superintendent Peter Godber, now in the United Kingdom, for whom a warrant has been issued in the Colony in connection with enquiries involving the prevention of bribery ordinance; and if he will make a statement.
ho. Royle
The offence alleged against Mr Godber, and for which
a warrant has now been issued in Hong Kong, is that
he was in control of pecuniary resources disproportionate
to his salary as a police officer. This is an offence
under Section 10 of the Hong Kong Prevention of Bribery
Ordinance. There is no corresponding offence in this
country. Consequently the Hong Kong Government are
not able at this moment to seek his return under the
Fugitive Offenders Act. Police inquiries in Hong Kong
are, however, continuing. This case demonstrates the
Hong Kong Government's concern to investigate possible
cases of corruption at all levels.