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HKK 382/2
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INDER
16 JAN WIS
No RS 21 M.T
MEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 130651Z
SECRET
DESKBY 1309 00 Z
TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.43 OF 13 JANUARY 78.
FOR RUSHFORD FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
I SHALL TELEPHONE YOU AT 1100Z TODAY,
YAUMATI POLICE SYNDICATE.
TAKK 382/16
1977
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1. BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND OCTOBER LAST YEAR, THE ICAC ARRESTED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED POLICE OFFICERS, AND A FEW PREVENTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS, AND INTERVIEWED A FURTHER EIGHTY SIX POLICE OFFICERS, MOSTLY CONSTABLES AND SERGEANTS AS PART OF ENQUIRIES INTO A
POLICE SYNDICATE RECEIVING CORRUPT MONEY FROM A DRUG DISTRIBUTION
POINT. THE MEN HAVE BEEN ON ICAC BAIL EVER SINCE.
2. IT WAS THE IMPACT OF THIS VERY LARGE OPERATION AND THE FEAR
THAT OTHER SIMILAR OPERATIONS IN OTHER DIVISIONS MIGHT FOLLOW
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS IN SPARKING OFF THE POLICE
DEMONSTRATIONS IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER,
3. ICAC ORIGINALLY HOPED TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY BETWEEN ALL THESE OFFICERS, WHO RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE SAME SOURCE. HOWEVER, EXAMINATION OF THE PAPERS SUGGESTS THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH SINGLE
CONSPIRACY BUT A SERIES OF SMALLER ONES AND IN ADDITION MANY
RECEIVED PAYMENTS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE WITNESSES AGAINST
ALL THE MEN INVOLVED CONSIST OF THE PERSONS WHO RAN THE DRUG
DISTRIBUTION POINT THE MAIN ONES WERE CONVICTED OF DRUG
TRAFFICKING AND ARE NOW IN PRISON. THEY ARE MEN OF VERY BAD CHARACTER, THEY HAVE SAID THAT WHILE THEY ARE PREPARED TO GIVE
EVIDENCE THEY ARE NOT PREPARED TO DO SO MORE THAN ONCE OR
SECRET
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