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China PRISONERS Mail SAY BOARD PARTIAL
PAGE 16 TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1969
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MORE than 80 inmates of Stanley Prison, in a letter to Urban Councillor Mrs Elsie Elliott, have attacked the Board of Review for being "particularly partial towards to us. This would show left-wing prisoners."
the public that the Goy- ernment is fair.
"If the cancellation of an emergency regulation means а sentence can be reduced, it seems to ԱՏ that this would be showing partiality," the letter said.
The prisoners, claimed to be all first offenders, said they found "absolutely as- tonishing the fact that most left-wing pri- that soners had their sentences reduced, while not one of the ordinary prisoner was so favoured."
The letter said "the Board has reduced the sentences of about 120 left-wing prisoners, but it has ignored ordinary prisoners."
"Unless it can be officially denied that this has a con- nection with the case of Mr Anthony Grey, we can only consider it to be bargain- ing," the letter said.
What is the purpose of this Board? We cannot un- derstand why they cannot treat us fairly.
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"The action of the law should by its own nature be fair and just, because the law is the same law, so how can it be applied to different people in different ways?
"In the matter of reducing sentences, the Government should treat everyone equally, and there should be discrimination,” the
no
letter said.
THE LAW
"Of course, perhaps we do not understand the law, but according to the facts, during the 1967 riots the security of the community was undoubtedly disturbed. What we did was compara- tively less serious.
"Moreover, those cases were all sentenced in the ordinary courts, so their position is the same as ours. "The Governor especially emphasised that there are in political prisoners Hongkong prisons.
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"But now the Govern- ment has reduced their sentences, and the same
treatment should be given
"We are already awake to our misdeeds and we are repentant.
DO BETTER
"We are urging ourselves to do better in the future. We hope to find some mercy and have the chance to be- come new men.
Mrs Elliott said she felt it really a pity after reading the letter that we neglected and forgot these human be- ings who appeared in courts and disappeared from
mercy.
"I think our community should consider each one of these cases: if they are will- ing to become new men and completely change their way of life, if they really understand what they did wrong in the past and have now changed their attitude and want to correct their behaviour, why should they not be given a chance?” Mrs Elliott asked.
The letter was signed in- dividually
by
over 80
prisoners now serving their terms in Stanley Mrs Elliott said.
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