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B. ACTION TO COMBAT THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF CORRUPTION IN HONG KOMS.
THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, SIR ALASTAIR BLAIR-KERR, TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPARTURE OF MR GODBER FROM HONG
KONG AND TO PROPOSE FURTHER MEASURES. ON SIR ALASTAIR'S RECOMMEN-
DATION THE GOVERNOR HAS SINCE APPOINTED AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION
AGAINST CORRUPTION. THIS BECAME OPERATIONAL IN FEBRUARY 1974 AND ITS BROAD FUNCTIONS ARE TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF CORRUPTION, TO TAKE STEPS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION AND TO ENLIST
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ITS ELIMINATION.
C. WHAT THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION HAS SO
FAR ACHIEVED.
THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED A LARGE MEASURE OF SUPPORT
FROM THE HONG KONG PUBLIC. IT HAS RECEIVED....COMPLAINTS IN THE
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDING 31 DECEMBER 1974: AND IN THE SAME PERIOD IT
BROUGHT
CASES TO COURT.
D. RECENT PROSECUTION AGAINST AN OFFICER OF THE ICAC.
AN OFFICER OF THE ICAC, WAS CONVICTED. IN DECEMBER FOR ACCEPTING A LOAN OF HONG KONG DOLLARS 20,000 FROM A CHINESE
POLICEMAN WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE GOVERNOR. HE WAS FINED
HONG KONG DOLLARS 10,000 AND HAS BEEN DISMISSED FROM THE COMMISSION. THE OPEN WAY IN WHICH THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION DEALT WITH THE
CASE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF ITS DETERMINATION TO FULFIL HIS TASK.
E. THE AMNESTY TO FORMER SUPERINTENDENT ERNEST HUNT.
WAS CONVICTED IN NOVEMBER 1973 ON A CHARGE UNDER SECTION
10 OF THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE. HE WAS SENTECED TO 12 MONTHS' IMPROSONMENT AND WAS RELEASED, AFTER REMISSION, IN OCTOBER 1974. IT IS TRUE THAT, IN ORDER TO SECURE THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS
NEEDED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MR GODBER'S RETURN, THE HONG KONG ATTORNEY-
GENERAL UNDERTOOK THAT OTHER POSSIBLE CHARGES AGAINST MR HUNT WOULD
NOT BE PURSUED. A SIMILAR UNDERTAKING WAS GIVEN TO THE OTHER
PRINCIPAL CROWN WITNESS, EX-SUPERINTENDENT
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