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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994

STATEMENT ON ICAC INQUIRIES

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN:

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE RESULT OF POLICE INQUIRIES INTO ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MR ALEX TSUI AGAINST STAFF OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC).

PROPER AND

I AM COMPLETELY SATISFIED THAT A DETAILED AND INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN FULLY INDEPENDENTLY CONSIDERED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR

PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS.

OF

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE ICAC AND ITS SENIOR OFFICERS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND I TRUST THAT THIS INVESTIGATION HAS NOW CLEARED THE AIR OVER A MATTER WHICH I KNOW HAS BREN OF PUBLIC CONCERN.

THE IMPORTANT THING NOW IS TO GIVE OUR FULL SUPPORT TO THE ICAC IN ITS BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION. IT HAS MY WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT AND THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND, I AM SURE, OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

[CAC'S CASE COMPLETED

PERVERTING THE

WITH REFERENCE TO MR ALEX TSUI'S ALLEGATION OF COURSE OF JUSTICE AGAINST OFFICERS IN THE ICAC, AND THE RELATED ALLEGATIONS OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST AN ICAC OFFICER, POLICE ENQUIRIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT A VERY SENIOR LEVEL, AND A DETAILED INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN MADE.

REPORTS ON THE INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS WHERE THEY WERE CONSIDERED PERSONALLY BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS WHO HAVE ADVISED THAT NO PROSECUTION BE BROUGHT.

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