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Freeing the Red
terrorists
THE decision to cut the jail terms imposed, on Red terrorists during the 1967 disturbances is one which may attract strong opposition.
The men and women, dedicated to the overthrow of Hongkong authority by force, are now being freed before they have served the sentences handed down by impartial British
courts.
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This is no way to tell the people of Hongkong that they will be protected against outside forces which threaten their way of life.
These revolutionaries were sentenced to long jail terms not because of their political beliefs, but because they were violent criminals.
Nobody will buy the Government explana- tions that these men are being treated like other criminals. It is obvious they are not. It is obvious they are getting special treatment because of political considerations and the improving relations between Britain and China.
Do they deserve these special considerations? 'The Hongkong Government is being prodded to release these terrorists by the British Government. The ultimate responsibility lies in Downing Street - not in Albert Road.
It is interesting to consider the viewpoint of the brave men and women of Hongkong who defied the Red rioters to keep our society free, and how they will regard the kid-glove treatment of these men.
And their opinions are the ones which should be considered as being more important than the opinions of the men in Peking who masterminded the upheaval against our Government authorities four short years ago.
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