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HONG KONG APRIL 30 REUTER FORMER HONG KONG POLICE SUPERINTENDENT
PETER GODBER, WHO SUDDENLY LEFT FROM THE BRITISH COLONY EAST YEAR
AFTER BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN HIS AMASSED WEALTH OF 330,000 STERLING,
HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN ENGLAND, IT WAS ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY.
AN OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN SAID GODBER WAS ARRESTED IN SUSSEX
LAST NIGHT ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTLY RECEIVING MONEY IN HONG KONG.
THE ACTING COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION, MR JOHN
PRENDERGAST, TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT GODBER WAS ARRESTED ON
PROVISIONAL WARRANT ISSUED UNDER THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT HERE
YESTERDAY AND SERVED ON HIM BY A LONDON MAGISTRATE.
THE WARRANT CHARGED THAT GODBER BEING A MEMBER OF THE HONG
KONG POLICE FORCE, IN MARCH 1971 "DID CORRUPTLY RECEIVE FOR HIMSELF
FROM THE SUM OF 25,000 H.K. DOLLARS (ABOUT 2,000 STERLING)
AS A FEE OR REWARD OR OTHERWISE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS HAVING
ASSISTED THE SAID
IN OBTAINING AN APPOINTMENT AS
DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE." MR
PRENDERGAST SAID.
MR PRENDERGAST TOLD REPORTERS THAT SUPERINTENDENT
THE MAN NAMED IN THE WARRANT WAS IN DETENTION HERE.
MR R.E. PENLINGTON, AN ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
SAID THE COLONY HAD TO OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
TO RECEIVE THE WARRANT.
THIS WOULD BE DONE BY FORWARDING TO LONDON THE NECESSARY
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARGES AGAINST GODBER, MR PENLINGTON SAID.
"FOR OBVIOUS REASONS AND SECURITY THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE
HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN YET BUT THIS WILL BE DONE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS."
HE ADDED.
GODBER WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION LAST JUNE WHEN HE WAS ASKED
TO ACCOUNT FOR PERSONAL WEALTH NOT COMMENSURATE WITH HIS SALARY.
HE LEFT OUT OF THE COLONY DURING THE SEVEN DAYS GRANTED
TO HIM TO EXPLAIN, AND WENT TO SUSSEX IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND WHERE HE
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