TNAG-0687-FCO40-836-Disturbances-by-police-in-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 225

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B7BZ : CORRUPTION 3 HONG KONG:

ERNEST' TAFFY' HUNT. WHOSE REVELATIONS OF WIDESPREAD GRAFT AT THE 1975 TRIAL OF FELLOW POLICEMAN PETER GODBER SULLIED THE HONG KONG POLICE'S REPUTATION. HAS BEEN NAMED AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR IN THE LATEST ALLEGED CORRUPTION CASE.

BUT HUNT, WHO SERVED AN EIGHT MONTH SENTENCE HERE AND LATER WAS GRANTED AN AMNESTY TO TESTIFY AGAINST GODBER. WAS NOT CHARGED AND WILL NOT BE CALLED AS A WITNESS. HE IS NOW LIVING IN SPAIN.

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