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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
22 January 1975
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Mr James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement concerning the extradition of Police Superintendent George Godber to Hong Kong and, in particular, the charge which is made against him.
Jr. Daniel Emals,
Me
Following the necessary legal proceedings, ex-Chief Superintendent Godber was returned to Hong Kong on 6 January. Under the provisions of the Fugitive Offenders Act, the Hong Kong Government had applied for his return on two charges: firstly, that he had in March 1954 corruptly received the sum
a akas poline of 25,000 Hong Ko
dollars from a then serving officer in the
and of
Hong Kong potice named conspired to accept a bribe from Cheng to secure appointment as a Divisional Superintendent.
and secondly, that he had
Mr Godber was returned to Hong Kong on 6 January.
The Hong Kong Government had applied for his return
under the Fugitive Offenders Act, on charges of
corruptly receiving 25,000 Hong Kong dollars from
a police officer named Cheng, and of conspiring to
accept a bribe to secure Cheng's appointment as a
Divisional Superintendent.
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