CO129-528-11 Incident at Lok Ma Chau Police Station 14-11-1930 - 14-11-1930 — Page 3

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Enclosure No. 1.

My Lord,

Enclosure No. 2.

بر

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 14th November, 1930.

With reference to my telegram No.77 of

22nd July, 1930, I have the honour to transmit a copy

of the findings of the Coroner's jury which inquired

into the loss of life at Lok Ma Chau Police Station as

a result of Indian Police Constable B543 Dalip Singh

running amok on 21st July, 1930, together with a

departmental report on the incident.

2.

Concerning the fourth point in the

Finding of the Jury

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the delay in entering the Station

the position was admittedly a very difficult and

unusual one, and would no doubt have tested the training

of officers and men of the regular Army. The comment

is perhaps a concession to the somewhat irresponsible

talk that was current in the Colony at the time, but

the form of the comment itself tends to deprecate action

on it, and I propose to take none.

3.

As regards the recommendation of the jury

that no outlying station shall at any time be left

without a European officer, apart from the fact that

the increase of European staff required for such staffing

is incompatible with the drastic efforts at retrenchment

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

now

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