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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO 1464

30 SEPTEMBER, 1967

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(D.T.D.)

ADDRESSED C.0. 1464 RFI POLAD SINGAPORE 374.

HWB 4/1

DURING THE AFTERNOON OF 29 SEPTEMBER TWO OFF-DUTY POLICE CONSTABLES ON A MOTOR CYCLE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO CHINA AT MAN KAM TO

BRIDGE, WERE ARRESTED AND TAKEN AWAY BY THE PL A. THEY WERE

KEPT ON THE BRIDGE BY 10 P L A SOLDIERS FOR ABOUT THREE QUARTERS

OF AN HOUR. WHILE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN SEMICOLON AND WERE THEN

LED AWAY TO A NEAR-BY COMMAND POST. A LABOURER FROM C.T.

REPORTED LATER IN THE EVENING THAT THEY WERE BOTH ALL RIGHT AND

BEING WELL LOOKED AFTER. WE HAVE SINCE HEARD THAT THEY ARE

SEING QUESTIONED AT THE OVERSEAS HOTEL NORTH OF LO WU AND THAT

THEY HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY A SENIOR PL A OFFICER.

2. THE TWO MEN ARE AGED 20 AND 22, UNMARRIED WITH GOOD RECORDS,

ONE WITH 18 MONTHS AND THE OTHER WITH NEARLY THREE YEARS

SERVICE. THEY WERE WITH A PARTY OF POLICEMEN WHICH INCLUDED

VIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS VISITING THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR A PICNIC.

THE REST WERE TRAVELLING IN THREE CARS AND STOPPED FOR PETROL

IN SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE CLOSE. TO THE RESTRICTED AREA. THE TWO

ON THE MOTORCYCLE (WHO DID NOT KNOW THE AREA WENT ON,

MISSING THE NORMAL ROAD BLOCK WHICH WAS OPEN WHILE THOSE MANNING

IT WERE CHECKING OTHER VEHICLES. AS THEY RODE THROUGH THEY

SHOUTED THAT THEY WERE POLICEMEN, PRESUMABLY ASSUMING THAT THIS

WAS A TEMPORARY CHECK, AND NOT A PERMANENT BLOCK.

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