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Registry No. HKK 14/17
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„In Confidence
DRAFT Letter
To:-
United Nations Youth &
Student Association 93 Albert Embankment London SE1 7TX
Type 1 +
FROM
A C Stuart Telephone No. Ext.
Department
HKIOD
apponitu
a judg.
to
Pr. type final
Pas 17 Stecard's
Signature.
Prk
I have been asked to reply to your letter of
30 July addressed to the Prime Minister about the
case of Mr Godber.
We are also very concerned about this case,
and the Governor of Hong Kong shares this concern.
As you know, the Governor of Hong Kong has UP
a judieiet, inquiry to investigate Mr Godber's
departure from Hong Kong and also to look into the
effectiveness of the Prevention of Bribery
Ordinance. The first part of the Commission's
report has been published. The difficulty was that
the Hong Kong Government were obliged by the lack
of other evidence, to proceed under Section 10 of
the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. This made it
an offence for a public servant to be in possession
of pecuniary resources disproportionate to his
official emoluments, unless he could offer a
M Godbur
satisfactory explanat
planation. He had to be given time
to provide this explanation and in that time he
left Hong Kong.
The problem now is that there is no similar
offence under United Kingdom law. Under the United
Kingdom Fugitive Offenders Act, a person may not be
returned from Britain unless the facts on which the
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