TNAG-1101-FCO40-1351-Legislation-on-homosexuality-in-Hong-Kong-including--Report--1981 — Page 16

Hong Kong Commission

Report 750809

used

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threat of

or disclosure, physical

brain washing, promise of reward.

mental torture,

I reconsidered the fluency, the pressure exerted, the speed,

angularity and curvature of the handwriting in the alleged

suicide note. I compared it in minute detail with other

correspondence written by Inspector Maclennan.

1 would

have anticipated variation and disjointed fluency, disturbed

pressure, hesitation and possibly an attempt at intentional disguise somewhere in the wording in such circumstances.

I found no evidence which was consistent with this theory.

have to consider the possibility of medical ailments when

examining the signatures on alleged suicide notes, Last

Wills and Testaments and similar documents in question.

It is unusual for medical evidence to be available covering

the specific time of signing this type of document;

therefore, having spent many years researching into

variations of handwriting associated with known medical

ailments, I am in a position to give and have given,

evidence on this.

consider in this case it may be

important for the Commission to know the calculations I have

made.

I found no evidence that the writing contained any type of

disturbance that I would associate with an excess of alcohol

or drugs which understand from reading the various

resports, agrees with the medical evidence and there were

no indications that were consistent with any mental or

physical ailment; within my own research.

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