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TO PRIORITY HONGKONG TEL NO 86 OF 23/1. 1974. MR LUI SUNG.
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1, MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT HAS WRITTEN TO MR BLAKER ABOUT THE CASE OF A MR LUI SUNG WHOSE ADDRESS IS GIVEN AS 63 UPPER TUNG TAU VILLAGE, TUEN MIN CASTLE PEAK, NEW TERRITORIES, COPIES OF HER LETTER HAVE BEEN SENT TO INTERESTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. MR JAMES JOHNSON
MP HAS WRITTEN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FORWARDING A COPY OF THE LETTER AND ASKING FOR COMMENTS,
2. IN HER LETTER MRS ELLIOTT RECORDS AT SOME LENGTH MR LUI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN JUSTICE FOLLOWING THE DEMOLITION OF HIS HUT BY THE STAFF OF SQUATTER CONTROL. MR LUT SAYS THIS OCCURRED AFTER HE REFUSED TO PAY A BRIBE OF DOLLARS HK289 TO AN AREA OFFICER NAMED LEE, HE SAYS THAT THE HUT WAS DEMOLISHED AND DOLLARS HK850 WAS STOLEN WHILE HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE NOT AT HOME. SINCE THEN MR LUI SAYS HE HAS TRIED BY EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE TO GET COMPENSATION.
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3. HS APPEARED BEFORE THE FANLING MAGISTRATE AND TWICE BEFORE THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT VHO ADVISED HIM TO GO TO UMELCO FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY ADVISED THEY COULD NOT HELP BIK HE THEN WENT TO THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT FOR HELP AND RECEIVED 50 DOLLARS FROM THEM. AFTER SEVERN MONTHS THEY TOLD HIM THAT HIS APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION HAD FAILED MR LUI GOES ON TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF GRAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES HE HAD TO SELL ONE OF HIS SONS FOR DOLLARS (K12, 000
MRS ELLIOTT SAYS THAT MR LU! APPROACHED HER CH 37 OCTOBER 1973. SHE IMMEDIATELY WROTE TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AFTER SEVERAL REMINDERS SHE RECEIVED A REPLY DATED 13 DECEMBER 1973 FROM MR G L MORTIMER ON BEHALF OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
15. MRS ELLIOTT SAYS
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