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1, Thomas F.n.PUNG, colemnly make under oath the following state ment which is the absolute truth and nothing but the trutha.
y Character
(1) When I was a techer at King's College in Hongkong in 1950-
1951, a bookstore proprietor gave me a kickack of
what about 457. when I refused to take, he forcibly put it into my pocket. I fave it to
asked me whether there was any person seeing it?! said:
要
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He then said: if there was no one who saw it. then you can
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have it and use it for your own benefit. i aid to
It is in principles that I cannot ace ul.
rook-it for his own benefit that make
but ing a report on it.
(2) In 1918, when i ws teacher at the Hongkong ventral Folice
Class, two police officers followed me from the Poliss Headquarters down to the Queens Road Central, and utienly and clandestinely put two fountain pens into my nookab. 1 I politely returned it to them. They disappointinly said to me: "If we give more valuable gifts to you, then you will acept it."
I just explained to them: "This is my principles, dis- regarding the values",
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# nly two weeks house at our of in Income It is
(3) as far back as 1933, when just graduated from college.
got a job in the former French Concession. after I had taken up the job, a clerk came ..0 deep night. He said to me: There is an -come for you. If you want, you can have 4500 1 immediately aid to him: "I have $300 a month. enough for me. ir you people have the tradition of accepting extra income, you got to be careful." He then left me in disappointment.
(4) There were, many occasions in my life accept kiczbacks and offended people. -tion then.hove
when I r user to
I have to time to men
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1978
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thomas F..TUNG A. E. O.
Retired Education Officer
Hongkong Government
British Crown Colony.
Do I deserve an illegal judgment without trial because I did not pay a br.be to
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