Shepherd
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
rivy Seal & Leader of the House of Lords
/- The House of Lords London, U.K.
Dear Lord Shepherd,
Pls trans for to FCO.
Pun Ting Chau,
147 Woo Sung St.
109
2nd Fl. Front Fortion, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
3rd Jan. 1974.
HKOD
for action fre
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Re: Files EBCR L/M(A) 26/73 of the Offices of the
Colonial Secretary & Secretary for Security, Hong Kong Government and AC/MRB/891/73 of the Anti-Corruption Office, Royal Hong Kong Police
Force.
24/4.
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I am a victim to what are commonly known in Chinese communities as 'Lo Chin Kuk' (ET) or 'Tin Sin Kuk') swindles and collective corruption on the part of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force who have failed to take action on my complaints and orders from the Crown and Hong Kong Government.
On 14th June 1973 through the introduction of a serving detective sergeant Mak Wing Hung(), I met and had conversations in the Police Recreations Club and the Silvestaurant with a Chinese male called Mr Lam(-----a veteran police informer and top administrator of the protection ring behind the abovementioned swindle rackets, having been directly "responsible to and having "served" several Chinese police detective chiefs, including
), formerly of Hong Kong Island & Kowloon Districts, detective inspectors
(£), C.I.D. Headquarters, Hong Kong Island District and
KLR), C.I.D. Headquarters, Kowloon District. over a number of years. From the remarks of and disclosures by Mr Lan, my lawyers, past victims to similar swindles, policemen as well as people close to triad societies and swindle syndicates, I learned the following facts:-
1. There are over 100 of the abovementioned swindle rackets operating on both sides
of the harbour in Hong Kong, under the disguises of "offices","luxury homes" etc. defrauding victims of an estimated minimum of 30 millions of Hong Kong dollars in hundreds of swindles each year, and paying the racketeers in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, mainly the staffs of the C.I.D.. Headquarters, the Commercial Crim Office and the General Investigation Office, 30% of the proceeds of swindles as protection or "blind-eye" moneys.
2. Criminals involved in the abovementioned swindle rackets have established them-
selves as a "profession" and have their own "slangs" and "professional rules" which provide for payment of the said protection or "blind-eye" moneys to the police under the heading of "Sang Kone"(which denote "regular mainte- nance to the top".
3. These criminals have been operating in Hong Kong without let and hindrance for 1-2 decades after World War 11; some of them use Hong Kong as a base and often go overseas to cheat and defraud.
4. These criminals enjoy immunity from police raids and prosecutions as long as they
pay the racketeers in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force 30% of their proceeds of swindles. They are arrested and brought to justice only where they cannot meet demands for protection or "blind-eye" moneys or other extortions of a corruptible nature.
5. Some serving members of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force often associate themsel- ves with triad society elements in illegal activities and are working together almost as a group.
6. Criminals involved in the abovementioned swindle rackets are so daring that they
often send triad society elements and police detectives to visit the victims after the incidents informing him or her formally that he or she has been defrauded, for the purpose of carrying out further conspiracies. This did happen with me cases too and the police detective they sent was detective constable of the Mongkok Police Station..
Based on the above facts and findings, I lodged written complaints with the authorities in Hong Kong, detailing the names and identities of the criminals, suspects and raç- keteers involved and describing the nature of their illegal activities, the organiza- tion of the syndicated crimes and protection ring etc.
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