TNAG-0004-FCO40-40-Departmental-briefs-about-Hong-Kong-1968 — Page 27

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

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has recently been given in Hong Kong to the case of a ass (Wong) and his wife (Táp) who was sentenced to five years imprisoment last August for the possession of bosba. The couple were released

on 1 April, with a free pardon, when it was discovered, as a result of resent police investigation into a similar case, that

the bombs had been "planted" on them.

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If this ones is raised, the Minister can say that comp. of a little over £1,000 was offered to and accepted by the souple in respect of their wrongful imprisonment. The person responsible for "planting" the bombs on them has been sentenced to imprisonment.

The peast situation in Long Long.

Violence has now virtually osased in kong Kong although the

ossasional incident does escur from time to tim.

2 April, 1968.

14 May 1900

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