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Lord Goronwy-Roberts

Under-Secretary of State

Foreign & Commonwealth Office London, U.K.

HKK14/1

Dear Lord,

BY AIR MAIL

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HEAD die wootin for reply pleas Dini

Pun Ting Chau

Fl. 1022 Bell House Blk.A

विध

(200)

525-543 Nathan Rd▶ Kowloon, Hong Kong

12th Oct. 1975

Re: EBCR L/M(A) 26/73 of the Colonial

Secretariat, Hong Kong Government. Criminal Case VCC 241/74 of the Victoria District Court, Hong Kong. Corruption in the Judiciary in Hong Kong.

Further to my previous correspondence, I beg to inform you that I have made further submissions about my grievances to the authorities in Hong Kong, both directly and indirectly through the Unofficial Members of the Executive & Legislative Councils.

In order that the abovecase will be overseen by the British authorities and the House of Commons, I enclose herewith the following:-

(a) a copy of my letter dd. 28th Sept. 1975 to the Colonial Secretary;

(b) a copy of my letter dd. 5th Oct. 1975 to the Administrative Secretary,

UMELCO Office; and

(c) a copy of my letter dd. 5th Oct. 1975 to Mr J.V. Prendergast, of ICAC.

Likewise, I have been in contact with an officer of the Legal Dept. Hong Kong Govern- ment, and from his tone I understand that his department will go towards covering up scandals, infamous conduct as well as window-dressing malpractices/irregularities on the part of members of the judiciary, rather than finding a just solution to the problem.

As to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, it is not independent at all. The reasons for this observation are manifold, thus -

1. It is dominated by retired and former civil servants from different

departments of the Hong Kong Government.

2. Its policies are dictated by committees appointed by the Hong Kong

Government comprising "yes" men and women.

3. Its operations are restricted by the Hong Kong Government.

Since it became operative, the ICAC has not yet prosecuted even one very senior civil servant on the take; it is understood to have connived at a number of police officers with millions of corruption money leaving Hong Kong; its investigations have been restricted to junior and semi-senior civil servants; in the majority of offences prosecuted, only "tiny mosquitoes" were caught.

I am to inform you that the mess in the above case and the bureaucracy in the public service in Hong Kong has reversed my practice of supporting the Hong Kong Government and cooperating with its civil servants.

I will go to the extremes in bringing my grievances and the scandals in the public service in Hong Kong to the attention of the public and the world at large even though it will take several years for me to do so.

Should the above case develope into an international affair and receive wide publicity through the media, the Hong Kong Government should be solely and completely responsible for its consequences.

Thanking you for your attention,

Enc.

Yours faithfuly,

Pun Ting Chau

Victim & Principal Crown Witness