(c) My cases were known not only to the policemen referred to in my Report and accompanying papers, but also the staff of the Commercial Crime Office and the C.I.D. Central Police Station.
(d) Some of the swindle rackets are operated by ex-policemen or people closely
connected with the police.
(e) These swindle rackets have already been operating in the Colony under the
"protection" and with the connivance of corruptive Chinese police detectives for 1-2 decades after World War 11.
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(f) Where a victim makes complaints to police, arrangments could be made for "fixing up" the case corruptly in favour of the criminals but to the detriment of the informant by distorting facts of the case or under an unreasonable pretext on condition that the swindlers agree to pay the investigating Chinese police detectives an extra sun as 'non-action money'.
(g) The swindlers are an established "profession" and have their own slangs and "pro- fessional rules" which provide, among other things, for payment of 30% of the proceeds of their swindles to the police under the heading 'Sang Kone'( which denote "regular maintenance payments to the top".
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(h) The existent triangular relationship between the criminals, triad society elements
and corrupt Chinese police detectives has dominated the illegal activities of the swindle rackets in question and the attitude of the police towards the same, result- ing in concealment of such crimes from the Crown and obstruction of the course of justice, to the detriment of the victims and the community at large.
(i) The Hunghom swindle case no. KCC 106/73 wherein the criminals were jointly charged
with the offence 'conspiracy to defraud' and convicted of same was attributable to failure on the part of the boss of the racket to meet a demand for money in the amount of HK$25,000.00 by a squad af Hunghom C.I.D. detectives. Had he paid this "squeeze money", the case would not have been investigated in depth and the crime would have been covered up without the knowledge of the Crown and the Judiciary. Knowing that corruption is widespread and deeply-rooted in the police force, I petitioned in early August this year His Excellency The Governor, and wrote simultaneously to The Colonial Secretary, The Attorney General, The Secretary for Security, The Commissioner of Police etc. on the incidents, their sequels and my own findings. I got replies from all of them, except the Commissioner of Police. Subsequently, it came to my knowledge that my cases had been referred to the Police Anti-Corruption Branch for "investigations". As far as I know, such "investigations" have been in process for 3 months already but have produced no definite results.
On 4th Sept. 1973 I had an appointment at their request with two plaincloth police inspectors attached to the Kowloon Anti-Corruption Office in the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel; one of them was young and the other middle-aged. During conversations with me, the middle-aged
police inspector expressed his views that "corruption is a human behaviour and the situation is the same everywhere on this earth"; besides, he tried to find fault with me by asking me such insulting questions as "Are you interested in corruption money as well?" Quite contrary to the prejudice of his colleague, the young police inspector took an unbiassed and impartial attitude towards my cases; his words were not provocative. When the conversation came to an end, the middle-aged police inspector told me that he would ring me within the next few days calling upon me to give evidence in writing and sign some statements in his Hankow Rd. office so that actions could be taken against the suspects. However, this was only said and was never given any substance, resulting in follow-up police actions.
On the other hand, the suspects had all been alerted; so far, there had been 7 attempts by a total of 9 mysterious persons knocking on the door of my premises and pressing the bell. I was scared and worried; I wrote twice to the Director of Anti-Corruption requesting them to make arrangments to ensure my personal safety. Nevertheless, no definite steps had been taken to meet my request.
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