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PETER RICKETTS CALL ON THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY
1.
I ACCOMPANIED PETER RICKETTS (HEAD OF HKD, FCO) ON HIS CALL ON THE MPS. HE WAS RECEIVED BY LIU WEN (CID DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND HEAD OF INTERPOL CHINA) AND ZHU ENTAO CHEAD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION). AS LIU IS VISITING HONG KONG IN
JANUARY YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
CO-OPERATION
2. BOTH AGREED THAT CO-OPERATION WAS GOOD AND THAT THE REGULAR
VISITS AND CONTACTS AT WORKING LEVEL BY THE PSB AND RHKP WERE
BENEFICIAL. LIU DREW ATTENTION TO THE RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG OF THE HEAD OF THE GUANGDONG PSB AND THE VISIT OF THE CP TO THE
FRIENDLY SPORTS MEET. EVERYONE AGREED THAT GOOD CO-OPERATION WAS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING THE SOCIAL STABILITY AND LONG TERM
PROSPERITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. LIU SAID THAT DESPITE THE
DIFFERENT LAWS AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS HE HOPED THE POLICE COULD ADOPT A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING AND HOPED TO DISCUSS THIS IN HONG KONG CHE DID NOT ELABORATE).
PROBLEMS
3. RICKETTS RAISED THE PROBLEMS OF INCURSIONS INTO HONG KONG WATERS (REPORTED SEPARATELY) AND ARMED ROBBERIES. BOTH OF WHICH WERE OF GREAT CONCERN TO PEOPLE IN HONG KONG. ON ARMED ROBBERIES
LIU SAID THAT THIS ALSO CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR THE MAINLAND. HE
LISTED THREE SOURCES FOR THE SMUGGLED FIREARMS:
I) MAINLY FROM ABROAD (VIETNAM AND BURMA)
II) STOLEN FROM THE PLA OR PEOPLES' ARMED POLICE BARRACKS
III) HOME-MADE