TNAG-0073-FCO40-109-Dismissal-from-police-force-petition-from-Chu-Leung-1968 — Page 89

This has been treated as a petition to the

Secretary of State (although it did not come

through the proper channels).

In 1962, after his dismissal, proceedings

were instituted for the revocation or Sergeant

Chu's status as a british subject by

naturalisation. A second full enquiry was held

The Comittee reported in 1963 and concluded that

there was insufficient evidence that he had shown

himself disloyal or disaffected to warrant

withdrawal of his naturulisation.

Your

predecessor accepted this recommendation.

As a

result of this further enquiry in 1963, he

caused the disciplinary proceedings to be

carefully re-examined by one of the Hong Kong

Law Officers. That Officer expressed doubt as

to whether the evidence before the disciplinary

enquiry was sufficiently strong to support the

findings, but he endorsed the opinion of the

Committee that the disciplinary enquiry was

conducted with absolute fairness to Sergeant

In his

The disciplinary proceedings have been

examined by one of our legal advisers.

view Scrgeant Chu should not have been found

guilty of the charges laid against him on the

evidence available, which showed serious discrepancies and could have been fabricated.

This conclusion is supported by Police Advisers

and by those who handle disciplinary matters in

the Ministry of Overseas Development.

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