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38.

Secondly, Hong Kong came within the China theatre

and China had therefore the right to demand

Thirdly,

the extradition of any Chinese who

committed crimes in that Colony during

the occupation.

That if the Hong Kong Government should

still refuse Your Petitioner's surrender,

the Chinese public in Canton would possibly

start a more serious anti-British movement

than was commenced over the National Times

affair.

That personally he Li Hon-chung believed that what-

ever Your Petitioner had done during the occupation

was done under duress, but that in a democratic state

the Chinese Government could not ignore public opinion,

i.e., agitators etc.

Your Petitioner is now in hiding from arrest pending

representations as set out in this petition.

39.

Your Petitioner respectfully draws attention to

relevant sections of the Chime se Collaborators (Surrender)

Ordinance 1946 under which Your Petitioner's surrender is

These sections are as follows :-

sought.

Section 2:

"Chinese National" means a person having, in the

opinion of the Governor, Chinese nationality at the

time of the act in respect of which an order for

surrender is made but shall not include any person

who was at such time or is now a British subject.

"Collaborator" means a Chinese national for whose

surrender an order has been made under this

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