of consideration if he helped the Government.
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There is one other consideration that I should
like to advance.
If these men are dismissed without pension
what is to become of them?
They dare not, after the assistance they have
given the Government, return to China. If they did it is not
improbable that vengeance would be wreaked upon them by those against whom they have given information and evidence.
Take the case of the man Tse Leung. It is on
record that he refused a substantial reward for the assistance
he rendered to Government, on condition that he would leave
Hong-Kong, because he felt that he would not be safe in China
after the part he had played in the Wa Lane Case.
On the other hand if these men are to remain
in Hong-Kong after their dismissal and without any means of
support, they are likely to gain a livelihood by turning the knowledge and experience they have gained in the Police Force
to some improper, but profitable, account either in connection with gambling or smuggling, as many a Chinese ex-Policeman has done in the past, as for instance Cheng On and Tang Kam, the witnesses in the Witchell case, and many others whose names have appeared in connection with the Wa Lane Case.
If these men are to remain in the Colony it would be infinitely better to have them under supervision and control in the Police Force than working probably against the
Government