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The Editor informed Mr. Heath that the special correspondent was unwilling that his identity should be disclosed, and, in the circumstances, the Editor could give no further information.
5.
At 14.30 hours on the 22nd Mr. Heath with a Police Search Party visited the Offices of the Sunday Herald under the authority of a Search Warrant issued by the Senior Police Magistrate under Section 18 Sub-Section 7 of the Police Force Ordinance. Mr. Heath had instructions to endeavour to find any documents, card or letter which might throw light on the sources of information which led to the newspaper article under
reference.
6.
The object of the visit was explained to Mr. Burnett,
Mr. Heath the Managing Director, and to lír. Keats the Editor. invited them to furnish any written proof or other documents having any bearing on the article relating to Slave Markets in Hong Kong which was printed in the issue of the Sunday Herald dated June 19th. The Editor replied that there was no such document other than a typed proof corrected by him which was sent down to be printed. He handed this typed proof to Mr.
Heath.
7.
The members of the Police Search Party (the majority of whom were European Detective Officers) then searched the premises but failed to find anything at all to throw light on the substance of the article or on the identity of its
originator.
8. lir. Burnett, the Managing Director, informed the Assistant Director of Criminal Intelligence, Central, that he knew nothing concerning the source of the information but he (Mr. Burnett) understood from the Editor that the information was obtained by one of their reporters from a Chinese who had himself attempted to purchase a concubine.