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A. Yes, they are competent to carry them out, I believe. It might be better or it might not. If they would always communicate with the Police it would be all right, but I am afraid that the Committee of the Pó Léung Kuk would not be active unless they had some men of their own.
Q. Why do you think it would tend to make them more active if they had their own men? If they have a desire to suppress crime would they not communicate with the Police ?
A. If they would do so I think there would be no necessity for the detectives, but, in my opinion, they would take a more active part, exert themselves more, and take greater interest in the work if they had men of their own to work.
The CHAIRMAN. Do you find individuals, however anxious they may be to suppress crime, frequently coming to the Police to give information ?
A.-Not unless they are interested in the case.
Inspector GEORGE KEMP called :-
The CHAIRMAN.-You are Acting-Inspector?
A. Yes.
Q.-At the last meeting of this Committee, Mr. WODEHOUSE, the Police Magistrate, informed us that you had mentioned to him a case* in which a person had been in the Pó Léung Kuk for 7 days?
Have
A. Yes.
Q.-Since that meeting I have asked you to refresh your memory on that subject.
you done so ?
A.--I have..
Q.-The case was tried at the Magistracy?
A. It was.
Q.-Before Mr. WISE?
A. Yes.
Q.--On what date did the woman come before you ?
A.-On Saturday August 8th.
Q.-Was it a man or a woman ?
A.—It was a man, the man was the defendant.
Q.-Did he make any complaint of being illegally detained?
A.-I did not ask him.
Q.-Did he make any complaint?
A.-No, not to me.
Q.-Did you ask him whether he was in the Pó Léung Kuk of his own accord? A.—I asked him whether he had been in the Pó Leung Kuk and he said “Yes.”
Q.-You don't know whether he was there of his own accord?
A.-No, I could not say.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-How long have you been in the Police Force ? A.-Fourteen years.
Q.-Have you any knowledge of the internal working of the Pó Léung Kuk? A.-No.
Q.-Or its detectives ?
A.-I know several men employed there.
* See Appendix 21.
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