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Please explain why the airport Special Squad at Hong Kong Airport did not examine the radio which was given by Robert Yip Ka Keung to Rita Nightingale at Hong Kong Airport.

14. Please identify those enquiries which have been made by the

Royal Hong Kong Police as to the supplier of the heroin which was found in the possession of Rita Nightingale at

Bangkok Airport.

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15. Please explain why nobody from the Royal Hong Kong Police

Narcotics Bureau has been in touch with Rita Nightingale to pursue investigations as to her knowledge of the drugs syndicate with which she has been connected.

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Please explain why the memorandum from the Commissioner of Customs in Hong Kong to the Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police referring to the background of this case and suspicions of the Chinese men involved, found it necessary to refer to possible malpractice in connection with the information given on Rita Nightingale to the Thai authorities.

Please confirm that you are able to make available the state- ments by the principal prosecution witnesses in the case against Chan Ming Fai and Thung Kan Hon alleging soliciting of female couriers for the transportation of heroin.

Please provide details of the arrest and conviction of Chan Ming Fai during August 1978 for offences of attempting to recruit couriers of heroin, and the present place of detention

of Chan Ming Fai.

Please provide details of the arrest and charges of Thung Kan Hon formally charged with Chan Ming Fai who has absconded whilst on bail and as to steps taken to secure his return.

Please explain the efforts which have been made to discover whether Thung Kan Hon who has absconded from bail whilst similarly charged with Chan Ming Fai, has gone to Taiwan.

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