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this should be regarded as capable of corroborating the

evidence of it.

Agreed with the first part of this recommendation but

not with the second (ie corroboration).

On the latter

the recommendations of the Law Commission are still the

subject of public discussion here and HMG has not so

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far expressed any view. We Yould prefer not to see this

adopted in the limited context of bribery cases in

Hong Kong while the principle remains undecided.

We

asked that this recommendation should be left in abey-

ance.

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