those of making false statements in the course
of duty; neglect of duty and conduct
prejudicial to good order and discipline.
Cow which he was found guilty) Although the charges/might be described as
s/mig!
charges of disloyalty in a domestic sense in
their application to a member of a disciplined
force, they certainly could not be so regarded
in a national sense. The Minister therefore
fully understood and agreed with the
conclusion reached by the Committee of Enquiry
set up under the British Nationality Act in
1963 that there was not sufficient evidence of
disloyalty or disaffection to justify Chu
Leung's being deprived of his British
nationality. The Minister might add that
following the report of that Committee of
Enquiry, the Governor immediately reviewed the
disciplinary proceedings against Chu Leung but
came to the conclusion that he should not
intervene in the matter.
3.
It is true that the evidence adduced
against Chu Leung in the disciplinary
proceedings was based in part on the evidence
of spies and as such had to be treated with
extreme caution. However, that this was-
fully allowed for is apparent from the
following comments of the Commissioner of
Police, Hong Kong, when in July, 1962 he
reported to the Governor on the outcome of the
disciplinary proceedings stated!-
"The evidence upon which these
convictions were based, albeit in part the
evidence of men themselves accused and in
the character of accomplices, and which had
to be regarded with extreme caution, was
/convincing
He was
was found not
guilty
Dw
five other
charges, some of which discetty involord disloyalty
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