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6962 : LEAD CORRUPTION
BY PAUL MAJENDIE
HONG KONG, OCT 28, REUTER -- ABOUT 40 PEOPLE. BELIEVED TO BE OFF-DUTY POLICEMEN. BURST INTO HONG KONG'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS TODAY AND SIX COMMISSION STAFF WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED. POLICE SAID.
THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER ABOUT 2.000 POLICEMEN MARCHED TD POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO PROTEST AGAINST INVESTIGATION METHODS USED BY THE COMMISSION TO TRACK DOWN CORRUPT POLICE SYNDICATES IN THIS BRITISH COLONY.
POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE MARCH. THE GROUP OF ABOUT 46 PEOPLE PUSHED INTO THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION. WHICH WAS ORGANISED 3W 1974 TO CRUSH GRAFT HERE.
ONE WELL-PLACED POLICE SOURCE SAID: +WE STRONGLY SUSPECT THAT THE MEN WERE OFF-DUTY POLICEMEN. +
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