}
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In the years 1983-1986 only two cases involving
homosexual buggery were prosecuted. In one a man of 37 was
convicted of attempted buggery with a 13-year old boy, and, in
the other, two adult men whom the police chanced upon during a
raid in a guest house admitted having committed buggery.
1987 two men were prosecuted for acts of homosexual buggery
with children.
In
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It
The great majority of the many consensual homosexual
acts which take place each year in private between adult men
never come to light and are never detected or prosecuted.
would require enormous police resources and a complete
disregard for an individual's right to privacy before the law
could be enforced. At present, the police cannot strictly
enforce the law. As a matter of necessity, they deploy their
resources in combatting crimes which they regard as more
serious.
The low priority which the police give to enforcing
the law is not apparently at odds with the community's
feelings. There has been no public demand for more stringent
enforcement. However, this may not remain so. In a different
social climate the police could find themselves pressed into
adopting a firmer stance.
A western disease?
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It has been argued that homosexual conduct is a
foreign, or more specifically a western habit which is alien
to Chinese culture.
Any attempt to copy the western trend of
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