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(i) People are rather afraid to leave their village
and come here to give evidence because they either
fear revenge or do not or cannot afford the time.
(ii) The Chinese Authorities fail to understand the
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legal difficulties and are apt to think that we are not doing our best to help them to stamp out crime
and punish the offenders.
For the effective control of crime in the Colony
and to avoid the suggestion that the Colony is used as a plotting ground for crime in China, it is necessary that the Hong Kong Police and the Chinese Authorities should be
in the best of terms. Many difficult cases are arranged
between the two forces and much time and money is saved and
effective work done. The provisions of the proposed
Ordinance are designed to more effectually deal with crime
generally.
6. The principal crimes to which the above remarks
apply are:-
kidnapping and
child stealing, and
murder,
armed robbery,
holding for ransom,
piratical ventures,
from the Colony.
and robbery of junks sailing
9th November, 1928.
(Sd.) Somerset Fitzroy,
Public Prosecutor.