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REPORT HAD TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THE ENORMOUS TASK OF TRANSLATION COULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE PUBLICATION, SO IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE ONLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS TO REFER SOME MATTERS TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES.
18. Q. DOES THE GOVERNMENT REGARD THE
AS ''CLEARED*' BY THE REPORT ?.
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
A. THE COMMISSION MAKES IT CLEAR IN THE REPORT THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HANDLED THE YUEN LONG CASE PROPERLY, ALTHOUGH IN THE COMMISSION'S OPINION THERE WAS AN ERROR
OF JUDGEMENT. THE COMMISSION ALSO SAYS IN ITS SUMMARY THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS AND ENQUIRIES CARRIED OUT WHICH ENDED IN THE TERMINATION OF INSPECTOR MACLENNAN'S CONTRACT WERE PROPERLY MOTIVATED.
19. Q. WHAT ABOUT THE LIST OF HOMOSEXUALS WHICH INCLUDED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ?.
A. THOSE ALLEGATION WERE FULLY INVESTIGATED, WERE FOUND TO BE ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT FOUNDATION, AND THE ENQUIRIES WERE CONCLUDED.
20. Q. IS THE GOVERNMENT SATISFIED THATTHE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CAN SATISFACTORILY CARRY OUT HIS DUTIES IN THE LIGHT OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS ?.
A. THE ALLEGATIONS WERE FULLY INVESTIGATED ETC, ETC, AS STATED. THE GOVERNOR HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITIES AND CAPACITY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TO CARRY OUT HIS DUTIES.
21. Q. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SEVERELY CRITICISED IN THE REPORT. DOES THE GOVERNOR HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIM 7. WILL HE DEFEND HIMSELF PUBLICLY ?.
A. THE GOVERNOR CONTINUES TO HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. IT IS A MATTER FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HIMSELF TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPLY TO THE GOVERNOR FOR PERMISSION TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT. (CSR521 REFERS: IT APPLIES TO ANY OFFICER WISHING TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON A MATTER OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR POLITICAL NATURE).
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