TNAG-1101-FCO40-1351-Legislation-on-homosexuality-in-Hong-Kong-including--Report--1981 — Page 571

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Mr Niamatullah - "feelings

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whatever that means

Niamatullah:

Neligan:

Niamatullah:

Quinn:

Niamatullah:

Quinn:

Commissioner:

of the gay fraternity in Hong Kong? I don't quite

understand your question.

We are concerned with the feelings of the gay

fraternity in early October, concerning your

the SIU Investigations

Do you mean climate of opinion?

Climate of opinion, I'm much obliged.

Climate, Yes. Yes I've been repeatedly told by

persons whom I've arrested

Mr. Duffy:

to mention a name,

that the gay fraternity intended to

take some reprisal, some sort of reprisal, against

SU and the Officers; and, I was told to watch my

step. This had been told to me on a few occasions.

It would be very impressive, isn't it, if the

climate of my opinion was such, that. if you in

fact carried out an arrest involving a Police

-Officer if you were to arrest a Police Officer

in respect of homosexual offences?

I don't think so. I'm not (inaudible) with the

gay fraternity.

Mr #iamatullah, I hate to interrupt you. I am not interested in theories, and speculations, bad

allegations, or anything like that. I mean, it's

putting forward all sorts

of theories.

If we

use our imagination, there can be any number of

allegations. I am not interested in that.

As I have said from the beginning

course, you were not there

-

although of

I am not

interested

in bad allegations. I am not. interested in

speculations. I am not interested in theory. I

am only interested in evidence in facts, which

can be supported by evidence.

and the standard

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of proof in this Inquiry

is of course not

"the beyond reasonable doubt" standard of proof,

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