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8. MY STATEMENT HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE DIFFERENT
ASSOCIATIONS OF THE POLICE FORCE. HON. MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC
WL BE CONCERNED TO LEARN THAT INFORMALLY IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED
THAT IT DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH: THAT PRESSURE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED
ON THE ADMINISTRATION BY DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROGRESSIVE REFUSAL
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT UNTIL ALL CURRENT INTERVIEWS, CHARGES AND
COURT PROCEEDINGS NOW IN COURSE WERE DROPPED.
9. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THESE IDEAS WERE BEING PROPAGATED BY THE
LESS THAN 1 PERCENT WHO UNDER THE EXCEPTIONS ! HAVE MENTIONED
REMAIN IN FEAR OF PROSECUTION, AND INSOFAR AS THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY OTHERS IT IS BECAUSE OF A MISTAKEN SENSE OF TEMPORARY
EUPHORIA OR SOLIDARITY. I ASSURE THEM IT IS TIME VERY SOBERLY TO
CONSIDER THEIR POSITION. IT IS FOR THE POLICE TO ANSWER TO LAWFUL
AUTHORITY AND TO ENFORCE IT - NOT TO ANSWER TO A SMALL SELF-
INTERESTED GROUP.
10. THE IDEA THAT PRESSURE CAN ACHIEVE FURTHER CONCESSIONS OF
THIS SORT WOULD RESULT FROM A COMPLETE MISCONCEPTION OF THE MOOD
OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD ALSO IGNORE THE
TRUE INTERESTS OF AT LEAST 99 PERCENT OF THE POLICE FORCE ITSELF.
NEEDLESS TO SAY IT TOTALLY IGNORES THE TRUE INTERESTS OF
HONG KONG WHERE THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND ORDER AND THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF HONESTY HAVE MADE SUCH
STRIDES IN RECENT YEARS.
11. CONCESSIONS TO SUCH DEMANDS UNDER PRESSURE WOULD INVITE
PRESSURE ON OTHER ISSUES: NEXT IT WOULD BE SUPPRESSION OF
ICAC ITSELF, POSSIBLY TO HAVE PERSONS IN PRISON RELEASED, AND SO ON, UNTIL WE HAD A SITUATION IN WHICH THE LAW WAS BEING ADMINISTERED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CORRUPT. I KNOW THIS IS NOT WHAT MOST OF THE FORCE AND THEIR FAMILIES WANT, BUT THIS IS WHERE
THEY WOULD BE LED IF THE GOVERNMENT WERE TO GIVE ANY FURTHER
GROUND. TO DO SO WOULD YIELD TO ANARCHY AND TO ANARCHY THERE CAN
BE NO CONCESSION. I AM CONFIDENT IN THIS I AM SPEAKING FOR THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY, YOUNG AND OLD, RICH AND POOR.
12. I HOPE THAT WISER COUNSELS WILL NOW PREVAIL. BUT IT IS
AS WELL THAT ALL SHOULD REALISE NOW, BEFORE IRREVOCABLE ACTION IS TAKEN THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT POLICEMEN WHO DO NOT ACCEPT
LAWFUL AUTHORITY, OR WHO SUPPORT OTHERS IN NOT
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