ANNEX 'E' page 3
During the past year much publicity has been given to the prevalence
of corruption in the Hong Kong Police and to the conviction on charges of
corruption of a senior police officer. In the trial another senior police
officer named Hunt turned Queen's evidence.. Questioned in a subsequent
television documentary Hunt stated that he had made £2 million during his
a service in Hong Kong and that a Chinese subordinate of his had made £4m.
He also said that 95% of the officers of the Hong Kong Police took bribes.
This corruption feeds on gambling, drugs and vice including prostitution:
it is therefore of fundamental relevance to this report.
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It is not suggested that Hong Kong is exceptional, or indeed unusual, in this respect and it is likely that similar conditions in South East
Asia and Latin-America will be the subject of future reports.e
The reasons for the continuance and even growth of such conditions
and for the secrecy in which they thrive are the refusal of society to
interest itself in the victims and the consequent refusal of governments
to legislate in such a way that an effective deterrent may be inflicted.
June 1975