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The Editor,
Birmingham Evening Mail,
28, Colmore Circus,
Birmingham, B4 6AX.
Dear Sir,
!
I refer to the article "Mick's the man for a Hong Kong Clean-up" by Sally Selby published in your newspaper on October 17th. The article was based on an interview the writer had with Mr. C.A. Lenehan, a former Assistant Director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, shortly before his departure from Hong Kong
In the article, Hr. Lenehan made certain comments on the general state of corruption in Hong Kong before he arrived. Although he was merely expressing his personal views and he did point out that he could only comment on what he had heard from other people, what he said might well have given your readers the impression that every- one in the Royal Hong Kong Police and the long hong Government Lervice at that time was corrupt. This was certainly not so.
Even before the ICAC was get up in 1974, the problem of corruption was by no means ignored by the Government of Hong Kong. Complaints received wore handled by an anti- corruption office within the Police force which successfully investigated many cases. It is true that corruption was extensive but the vast majority of the public service were honest, upright and hard-working officers who carried out their duties conscientiously.
Since the establishment of the ICAC, a great deal of progress has been made in weeding out the corrupt. This progress has only been made possible by the support and assistance of officers in the Hong kong Government and the koyal Hong Kong Police Force.
Yours faithfully,
1
(igned) P.R. Williams
Commissioner, Independent Commission
Against Corruption, liong Kong.
* Spoken Aty APO for a correction
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