CO129-398 - Individuals - 1912 — Page 39

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December 17th 1912,

I have the honour to ask that your Lordship will

be kind enough to carefully peruse the enclosed documents, and to lend your assistance to a down-trodden British subject.

As you will observe from the accompanying reports, I am

a native of India, & most loyal subject of His Majesty King George and until recently I was a humble servant of the Hongkong Govern- ment.

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Owing, however, to the jealousy of certain inspector in the Sanitary Department, who asked me to lend them money, and also in consequence of a certain Supreme Court action in which I repre- sent the Sikh Community of this Colony against one, Jemadar Lal

Kair Singh 80 august Singh of the Hongkong Police, on the 30th July this year certain charges

as set out in the accompanying documents were preferred against me, and although I answered these charges at great length and completely exonerated myself from all the allegations which were made against me, the Head of the Sanitary Department reported to the Governor-in-Council, and the latter refused to reconsider his decision, in consequence of which, after many years of faith- ful service to the Hongkong Government I have been turned adrift, and am now in the unfortunate position of the unemployed and without a champion of my cause.

Subsequently I was in a position to call further evidence, and trough my solicitors wrote the Colonial Secretary and asked him to request the Governor to grant me a further hearing.

His Excellency, however, refused this, and thus debarred me

from viearing my good name and fame.

I then wrote the acting Head of the Sanitary Department and the members of the Sanitary Board praying for their inter-