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Private & Confidential
Mr Tom Pendry, Labour MP
C/- British Parliament,
London, United Kingdom.
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Pun Ting Chau, 147 Woo Sung St.
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20th Sept. 1973.
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Re: Former Hong Kong Chief Police Superintendent
P. Godber's Corruption Case
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I admire your integrity shown in raising the matter of corruption in the ilong Kong Police Force by calling upon the Foreign Secretary and making proposals with specific reference to the above case, as reported in the press.
I am a victim of conspiracy and corruption which are under investigations by the authorities. I was born in ilong Kong and have been here since my childhood; in my daily life, more than 95% of the people I meet with and speak to are local Chinese residents; I am therefore acquainted with people from all walks of life and have had an up-to-date knowledge of and deep insight into the realities in our society. As a result of my own experience as a local resident and hearsays from my fellow countrymen, I would like to furnish you and the authorities some confidential information concerning the above case which would not in any case be available to expatriate civil servants, foreigners, visiting politicians and other visitors.
I am determined to speak out without reservation so that something can be done to check corruption, especially that in the Hong Kong Police Force which is the major cause in the increases in crime rates and other evils affecting the life of the average peoples.
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Corruption in the police force of any country is unpardonable and must be attached due importance because as members of a law enforcement agency they are breaking laws which they are supposed to administer in their capacity as policemen and with full and complete knowledge of the seriousness of their offences.
Relative to the above case, it has been reported in the Chinese community and the public service in Hong Kong that-
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1. The total wealth which "missing" policeman Peter Godber had amassed during the
years of his service is estimated to be more than 4.3 millions Hong Kong dollars disclosed in the Sir A. Blair-Kerr Report.
2. Godber and his wife "departed" from Hong Kong at the suggestion, connivance and with the prior knowledge of certain senior policemen who were most reluctant to see him appearing in court facing corruption charges and giving evidence on scandals involving corruption and protection racketeering on the part of dozens
of high ranking officers in the Hong Kong Police Force.
The Hong Kong Police Force would be immediately paralysed and become a laughing stock if corruption on the part of its members were fully and completely exposed. It is not known whether or not Godber's departure had been specially arranged by the senior policemen in question but certainly it was a deliberate attempt to cover up guilts of the suspect, involvement in his corrupt practices on the part of other serving police officers and other scandals generally in the Police Force. 3. Investigations into the Godber and
cases of corruption were not initiated by
the Police Anti-Corruption Branch, some of the staff of which are reported to be equally corruptive themselves having shares in the "incomes" receivable by organi- zers of protection rackets as well as taking bribes in the amounts of 50-80% of the corruption moneys involved from persons likely to face corruption charges as re- muneration for malpractices in their "investigations", distorting facts of cases, perverting the course of justice etc.
4. The above investigations were in fact the result of information supplied by U. S.
agents who have for a long time been angry with the Hong Kong Police over their indifferent and incooperative attitude in stopping flows of narcotics from Hong Kong into the U.S.A. It is a matter of common knowledge that in Hong Kong drug trafficking and other illegal "businesses" are under police "protection"; therefore, their real bosses behind the scene are all at large and operating their smuggling rings without let and hindrance,