TNAG-0405-FCO40-451-Allegations-of-bribery-and-corruption-in-the-Hong-Kong-polic-1973 — Page 100

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The Editor, Various newspapers

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June 16th, 1972

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In the present GODKER case, a number of red herrines are being dram across the public's trail for obvious reasons. Scotland Yard, Interpol, Immigration authorities, and what not have been mentioned ia Press reports, while the Operations Director of the Fongkong Police Dr.Roy Fenry has been taking the air in Singapore for quite some days follow- ing the Godber Scandal. Now, a one-man Commission of Inquiry has been appointed, and the public can only hope that the results achieved will be commensurate with the seriousness of this scandelous cese.

No real clean-up in the local corruption ness can be achieved, until and unless more attention is paid to changes in basie procedures which are hamstringing every effort at such clean-ups, viz:

1. The offious of the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General must be investigated to ascertain the reason for so many loopholes in practically every pisos of legislation aimed at combatting bribery, vios, and crime. Also whether there is my deliberate interchange of personnel from the Courts to these Departments and vice versa, since it is a principle of government that the judiciary and the admin- istration must be separate. Any complaint to the Attorney-General on a corruption caɛe usually slicits only a two-line form reply stating that there is "no evidence". Kot a word of thanks no explanation whatsoever, just this curt two-line thinly veiled svica to the publie to mind their own business or else.

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2. The insistence of the Anti-Corruption Squad of the Hongkong Police that all cases must be reported IMMUDIATELY. Even a slight delay and the public is told that there is "no evidence", although the Anti- Corruption Squad take their own time, even years, to investigate a com/laint For instance, it is said that the Go:ber case had been under scrutiny for mor than two year ›

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I cite two case histories below:

A. In March 1973, Mr.Brooke Bernecchi,&.C., had made a public announcement on a corruption complaint at the March/1973 Ursan

Council elections. The Anti-Corruption Departeent immediately brushed it off as "no evidence", because this corruption complaint had been made after two weeks

B. I nad made a complaint on a vice ring in òmchai about two years aĶO, with copy to UMELCO. I was informed by UMELCO that there was "no evidence", as I had not given the com/lete details IMEDIATELY. In other words, the public is expected to have the complete case ready, -11 sown-up

with all details, within say 24 hours. On this specious pretext, complaint after complaint from the public have been thrown out cursorily by the Anti-Corruption Squad.