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133. The fact that the greatest number of cases related to police officers cannot be taken as evidence that corruption is in that propor- tion more wide-spread amongst them. It is true that police officers are amongst those most exposed to this evil, but here the figures are, in the main, evidence of the determination to take all proper means to root out corruption from the Force wherever it may be found.
Government Departments
134. Four other Government servants were charged with corruption offences, one was convicted and the case against a second is pending; seven were charged with kindred offences and all convicted. Action was taken departmentally against a further twenty five officers for offences of this type; thirteen were found guilty and of these seven were dis- missed from Government service. Cases against ten were pending at the end of the year.
Members of the Public
135. Fourteen members of the public were charged with corrupt practices resulting in the conviction of two; five other cases were pending; four other persons were bound over and placed under Police Supervision.
136. Deportation proceedings were initiated against eleven persons; six were deported, four cases are pending and one, having established that he was born in Hong Kong, was placed under Police Supervision.
137. As a result of inquiries carried out by this Branch a further 170 persons were charged with miscellaneous offences, convictions being registered against 139 while cases against two were pending.
NARCOTICS
138. Her geographical position and the role she plays as an entrepot make Hong Kong an ideal centre for illicit narcotics activities.
139. Trafficking in addiction-producing drugs in the Colony now presents a problem of considerable magnitude. The Narcotics Bureau which is an integral part of the Force, staffed by police officers, is charged with the collection and dissemination of intelligence relating to narcotics, the prevention and detection of narcotics offences and the collation of records. It continues to enjoy close and productive co- operation with the Preventive Service of the Commerce and Industry Department. The Bureau also maintains close contact with similar narcotics suppression agencies outside the Colony.
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