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MRS. ELLIOTT'S LETTER TO MR. J. M. DUFFY
Appx 40
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MRS.) E. ELLIOTT.
TEL. 0-42414
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YOUH REM
55. Kung Lok Road, Kwun Tong. KOWLOON.
24th March, 1980.
Mr. J.M. Duffy,
Legal Department,
Government Offices,
Lower Albert Road,
Hong Kong.
Dear Mr. Duffy,
I should be glad if you would clarify a matter that has been
plaguing me in the MacLennan case.
You will remember that you told me about the charges against
MacLennan, and said that you personally had taken the statements from the 8
witnesses. However, from the inquest, it would seem that this was not the case,
but that police interviewed the witnesses and passed on the file to you. From
the police evidence you decided to prosecute. This latter way, I believe, would
be standard procedure.
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When you said you interviewed the witnesses, I believed you had got the truth as far as one can know the truth from witnesses who were
obviously triad members. If the reports came from the police therefore, I
would discard them in the light of the fact that I knew that Brooks and Quinn
were trying to "set up" MacLennan, and they have used triad witnesses in other
cases. I should have thought their job was to arrest triad members, not use them
as witnesses against law-abiding citizens.
Your clarification in this point would be appreciated.
These eight charges have been quoted as a motive for MacLennan's
alleged suicide. However Mr. Pelly demolished that motive when he explained that
Mr. MacLennan did not know about the eight charges and thought the SIU were
still referring to the 1978 affair.
Cont./........
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