HC Deb 13 April 1954 vol 526 c101W
58. Mrs. Braddock

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of soldiers who were or are serving sentences for civilian offences in prisons in the Hong Kong area during 1951, 1952 and 1953, and at the present time, respectively.

Mr. Hopkinson

The numbers of British Service men sentenced by the civil courts in Hong Kong to terms of imprisonment are as follow:

1951
Army 18
Navy 12
1952
Army 30
Navy 2
1953
Army 24
R.A.F. 2
1954
Army 11
Navy 3

There are 12 Service men at present serving prison sentences in Hong Kong; Army, 7; Navy, 5.

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