Mr Wford
Parliamentary Office
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: CORRUPTION IN THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, FIRE SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
1.
Mr James Johnson MP (Labour, Kingston-upon-Hull)
has put down a question for oral reply on Wednesday
28 March. I submit a draft answer together with
References and Notes for Supplementaries.
Parliamentary
Office have asked for this before the close of play
today. The Governor has been consulted and agrees with
the proposed reply.
2.
The question of corruption in Hong Kong Government
Departments was raised last year when Mrs Elsie Elliott
made allegations of corruption within the Police Force
in connection with a protection racket on minibuses.
Flags A B C Mr John Rankin MP tabled 4 questions during 1972 about
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corruption.
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3. The Question now tabled by Mr Johnson was probably
inspired by a recent sensational campaign in the China
Mail, which has been running a public opinion poll on
corruption in the Hong Kong Police Force. The newspaper
forecast last week that this Question would be asked.
The campaign followed a disclosure that a senior police
officer and his wife, who were suspected of corruption,
had been sent letters by the Attorney General asking
them to explain the source of their assets. The China
Mail followed this with a news item saying that some
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