TNAG-0816-FCO40-1022-Police-corruption-Independent-Commission-Against-Corruption--1978 — Page 59

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IMMEDIATE

CYPHER CAT A

FM HONG KONG 291000Z

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RES

Mr. Quantall

No RS. Blir

Subuussion please

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 386 OF 29 MARCH 1978.

YOUR TELNO 2471 YAU AM TEI CORRUPTION CASE.

(To Lord G-R forst)

Sea 89,90

Thes

12913

YOU MAY WISH TO RECONSIDER FOUR OF THESE CASES IN THE LIGHT OF

THE FURTHER EVIDENCE OF IDENTIFICATION GIVEN BELOW.

2. THE CASES FORWARDED TO YOU WERE BASED ON EVIDENCE OBTAINED

UNDER THE STANDARD ACCEPTED PRACTICES REGARDING IDENTIFICATION

PARADES. WHERE ONE POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION IS MADE, ANY OTHER WITNESSES ARE HELD IN RESERVE FOR A PHYSICAL IDENTIF-

ICATION PARADE. SIMILARLY IF A PERSON IS WELL KNOWN TO.

་

A WITNESS THEN THAT WITNESS IS NOT SHOWN PHOTOGRAPHS BUT EITHER

IDENTIFIES THE PERSON ON A PHYSICAL PARADE OR ACTUALLY IN COURT.. AT THE TIME THE FILES WERE PASSED TO YOU NO FURTHER IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES HAD TAKEN PLACE AND THERE WAS THEREFORE THE

POSSIBILITY THAT IN MANY CASES OTHER WITNESSES COULD IDENTIFY

THE SUSPECTS TO WHOM THEY REFERRED IN THEIR STATEMENTS. PHOTO-

GRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION PARADES WERE CARRIED OUT TODAY WITH THE

FOLLOWING RESULTS IN RESPECT OF THE FOUR PERSONS NAMED BELOW.

3.

IDENTIFIED THE PHOTOGRAPH OF

AS BEING OF THE PERSON HE REFERRED TO IN HIS STATEMENT 9/1 IN AF/430/256.

4.

IDENTIFIED THE PHOTOGRAPH OF

AS BEING OF THE PERSON HE REFERRED TO WHEN GIVING DIRECT EVIDENCE OF A PAYMENT OF DOLLARS 1,000 IN HIS STATEMENT 9/2 IN AF/438/145.

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