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MP's CASE: TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN HONG KONG

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51

28 JUN 1974

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Mr Ray Carter MP put down a written Question for answer on 21 January about the death of Mr Kwan Kung in a traffic accident in Hong Kong last year. In his Answer, Mr Blaker gave brief details and said he would write to Mr Carter, who, however, had meanwhile himself written to Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Mr Blaker acknowledged that letter on 28 January and said he had referred the matter to Hong Kong. Mr Blaker's Assistant Private Secretary wrote to Mr Carter on 19 February to say that the Hong Kong Government had asked the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the Commissioner of Police, respectively, to investigate Mr Kwan's son's allegations of corruption by the police and failure by the authorities to inform the family of the accident. He said that we would write again as soon as we

had the report.

2. The Deputy Secretary for Security, in his letter of 4 June, has now given us the results of the investigations. Briefly, the ICAC have examined the matter very closely, but have not found any evidence of bribery. The Operations Target Committee of the Commission has concluded that there are no grounds for

pursuing the enquiries. On the other hand, there are grounds for complaint about the failure of the Hospital authorities to

inform he relatives.

3. I accordingly recommend that Lord Goronwy-Roberts should write to Mr Carter, giving the full facts of the case and the results of the recent investigations in Hong Kong. I therefore submit a draft, based in part on Hong Kong telegram no 75, which we

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