CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
3 FEBRUARY, 1969
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YOUR TELEGRAM 75.
(75
Hil
THE '11 YEAR OLD SCHOOLBOY NAMED
IS PROBABLY
WHEN THE ORIGINAL CHINESE CHARACTERS ARE ROMANISED FOR CANTONESE
PRONUNCIATION.
2. IN MARCH 1968
WAS ARRESTED FOR RIDING A BICYCLE WITH A
PILLION PASSENGER AND FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER BY DELIBERATELY
RIDING HIS BICYCLE AT A BEAT CONSTABLE. AT THE POLICE STATION, LAN
WAS OBSTREPEROUS AND SO WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE.
HIS MOTHER REFUSED TO PROVIDE 100 DOLLARS BAIL FOR THE BOY AND HE
WAS DETAINED OVERNIGHT IN THE REGONIA ROAD BOYS HOME. LAN PLEADED
NOT GUILTY IN COURT AND WAS FURTHER REMANDED TO THE HOME, SOME
THREE WEEKS LATER HE WAS CONVICTED ON ALL THREE CHARGES SEMICOLON
HE WAS GIVEN A COMPLETE DISCHAGE ON TWO COUNTS, BUT FINED 50
DOLLARS OR 1 DAY'S IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER.
LAN'S TIME UNDER REMAND WAS ACCEPTED IN LIEU OF ONE DAY'S IMPRISON-
-MENT. THE MAGISTRATE OFFERED 100 DOLLARS FROM THE POOR BOX: THIS
WAS REFUSED.
3. A SOCIAL CASE-WORKER REPORTED THAT LAN WAS AN EASY-GOING BOY
WITH COMMUNIST LEANINGS WHO WAS VISITED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE REMAND
HOME WHEN HE SANG REVOLUTIONARY SONGS. HE ATTENDED A COMMUNIST-
CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIOR TO HIS ARREST.
SIR D. TRENCH
FILES
HONG KONG DEPT
FAR EASTERN DEPT
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