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DRAFT LETTER

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Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted. Unclassified,

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To:-

In Confidence

Tam Dalyell Esq MP

Type 1 +

FROM

Mr Amery Telephone No. Ext.

Department

You wrote to Tony Royle on 24 September asking

for information about action we are taking following

recent reports of corruption in Hong Kong.

replying in his absence abroad.

I am

As you will probably know, earlier this year

proceedings against Chief Superintendent Godber Saperintendent Godber

were instituted in Hong Kong under Section 10 of the

Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, 1970, of Hong Kong.

This made it an offence for a public servant to be

in possession of pecuniary resources disproportionate

to his official emoluments, unless he can offer a

satisfactory explanation. Before he was charged

Mr Godber was asked by the Attorney-General to

provide such an explanation and, as required under

the Ordinance, was given time in which to comply with

the request. However, during that time, he left

Hong Kong. Because there is no offence under United

Kingdom law similar to that constituted under

Section 10 of the Hong Kong Ordinance, it has not

been possible to extradite Mr Godber to Hong Kong

under the Fugitive Offenders Act.

offender

Following Mr Godber's departure from Hong Kong,

the Senior Puisne Judge in Hong Kong, Sir Alastair

Blair-Kerr, was asked first to conduct an urgent

/inquiry