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From the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Kipar hay,
London S.W.1
27 June 1974
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51
28 JUN 1974
HKK 21/5
On 21 January Peter Blaker gave a reply in the House to your Question about the death of Mr. Kwan Kung in Hong Kong. He also promised to write to you about the case. You also wrote to Alec Douglas-Home yourself on 17 January on the matter. In his letter of 28 January, Feter Blaker said that he was consulting the Governor again, and in a further letter of 19 February his Private Secretary wrote to you to say that the Hong Kong Govern- ment had asked the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Commissioner of Police, respectively, to investigate the allegations of corruption and the failure to inform the family.
I am sorry that it has taken a long time to deal with the allegations made by Mr. Kwan, but it was, of course, important that the matter should be thoroughly investigated.
I should first like to explain the circumstances in which Mr. Kwan met his death. He was riding his bicycle in Argyle Street, in good weather, at about midday on 20 July. Argyle Street is a major road in Kowloon, with three-lane traffic in each direction, and a high railing fence down the middle broken only by gaps at pedestrian crossings and major traffic intersections. The driver of the car which killed him stated that Mr. Kwan, on his cycle in the middle of the road, was approaching a pedestrian crossing. He suddenly swerved to his right from the middle Lane
There was not time to into the outside lane in front of the car. avoid a collision. Skid marks supported the driver's claim that he was not exceeding 30 mph. There were no independent witnesses.
R. J. Carter Esq. MP
House of Commons
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