§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many members of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force have been suspended, dismissed or compulsorily retired, respectively, for fraud activities for each year from 1967 to the present date;
(2) how many serving members of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force were charged with any fraud offences for each year from 1967 to the present date.
§ Mr. Hattersley,pursuant to the reply [Official Report, 18th March 1976; Vol. 907, c. 637], gave the following information:
Altogether, 11 members of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force have been suspended, convicted and dismissed for fraud offences. The figures are as follows:
1967 2 1968 1 1969 2 1970 3 1971 1 1972 0 1973 0 1974 0 1975 2 1976 0 All members charged with fraud offences were convicted. No member was compulsorily retired for such offences in the period in question.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ex-members of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force were charged with fraud offences or were served with police supervision or deportation orders in connnection with such offences for each year from 1967 to the present date.
§ Mr. Hattersley, pursuant to the reply [Official Report, 18th March 1976; Vol. 907, c. 637], gave the following information:
I have ascertained that the research required to provide a full answer could be undertaken only at disproportionate effort and would take about 10 weeks. However, I can say that no member leaving the force in 1975 was charged with fraud offences in that year; and that no ex-member was served with a 541W police supervision order or deportation order for fraud offences during the period in question.