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MY TELNO.224 : JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (JPOA).

1. WE STILL NEED TO WATCH THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE POST-ELECTION

JPOA OVER A SLIGHTLY LONGER PERIOD BEFORE GIVING YOU A CONSIDERED ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTITUDES OF THE 93 ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND THE 18-MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SO FAR THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE CONFIRMS OUR EARLIER VIEW OF EMERGING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODERATES AND RADICALS, WITH THE CHAIRMAN, CHUNG, ALIGNED ON THE MORE MODERATE SIDE.

2. HOWEVER, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE YAU MA TEI CASE ARE

OBSCURING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RADICALS AND MODERATES ON LONGER

TERM ISSUES AND PUSHING THE WHOLE JPOA TOWARDS A RADICAL STANCE.

3. 46 OF THE 105 POLICE OFFICERS UNDER SUSPICION IN THE YAU MA TEI CASE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ATTEND AN ICAC IDENTITY PARADE.

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PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO ENABLE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DECIDE WHICH CASES SHOULD GO FORWARD FOR PROSECUTION. THE 46 OFFICERS, WHO APPEALED TO THE C.P THROUGH THE JPOA FOR ADVICE, HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE DECISION ON WHETHER TO ATTEND IS THEIRS ALONE. SO FAR THEY HAVE FAILED TO DECIDE, THUS DELAYING FURTHER THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

4. THE JPOA HELD AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ATTENDED BY

VIRUTALLY ALL OF ITS 93 REPRESENTATIVES ON 2 MARCH TO DISCUSS THE YAU MA TEI CASE. ALTHOUGH UNINVITED, A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE INTERDICTED IN THE YAU MA TEI CASE ATTENDED THE MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE JPOA EXPRESSED CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY FOR THE YAU MA TEI OFFICERS. THE MEETING PASSED THREE RESOLUTIONS:

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