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E. ELLIOTT.
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216. Prince Edward Road.
KOWLOON.
YOUR REF:
AGC 4/400/65
17th. January, 1971.
19 JAN 1971-
163.
The Attorney General,
Hong Kong.
Sir,
This is only a preliminary reply to your letter of 11th. January I wish to point out the fallacy of your final paragraph.
You say it would be wrong to subject the child to the ordeal of recounting her experience in a public court. May I ask you two questions: 1. Is a case like this not usually heard in camera to avoid this harrowing
experience?
2. Are you going to let this man continue raping girls in order to save
them a harrowing experience? It sounds as if that is your only reason.
If you have a valid reason for stopping the court judging this case, I think you have a responsibility to let me know. Unless you do so, I shall hold this against you until it is cleared up.
Kay I remind you that the Government is supposed to serve the public and is not its master.
Yours faithfully,
E. Quist
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