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ANNEX A

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong

1968-1969

A total of 429 allegations of corruption were received

during the year. Of this total :-

2.

192 allegations were directed at police officers

207 allegations were directed at other Government Departments

30 allegations were directed at members of the public.

At the end of the year, investigations into 140 of these allegations had been dropped (for lack of information) and 289 cases

were still under preliminary inquiry or further investigation. During the year, eight public officers (including one police officer) were convicted in Court on corruption charges; five

were cleared and acquitted; and seventeen received disciplinary punishment (involving dismissal from the Service in three cases).

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