Pull the trigger: the godber case:
With the arising of consciousness for both Hong Kong people and official government towards the severe corruption, the whole society was waiting for a flashpoint to light up a new round of reformation.
Peter Godber, the former chief superintendent of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in Kowloon, a talented leader and a policeman who have done tremendously good work during the 1967 riots and had been decorated with the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1968, was found controlling assets over HK$4.3 million in 1973; those money altogether worth nearly six times of his salary between mid-1952 and mid-1973. According to the clause 10 in the Hong Kong anti-corruption law, he was given seven-day …show more content…
Based on the experiences from previous riots, for the Hong Kong government, unable to prosecute Godber would be unthinkable. Anthony Royle, former member of the Hong Kong Parliament, cited that Godber’s continuing freedom as a ‘source of much public irritation’ undermining confidence in the Hong Kong government. He argued that Chinese students who in recent years had seen the ‘law applied to themselves’ as a response to student demonstrations, would ‘not appreciate the legal niceties advanced, as they see it, to protect Godber’. On the sides of people, students started fiercely riots in Victoria Park with slogans like "Fight Corruption, Arrest Godber" insisted that Godber be extradited to stand …show more content…
From the case of Hong Kong, we can monitor these variables were actually playing a role in the formation of the Corruption and its final decreasing in Hong Kong. The ICAC itself is a successful agency that isolated from the government agency, successfully educated people with the hazards of corruption, prevents the existence of corruption, and monitors the behaviors of government officers. In order to establish such a successful organization like this, the whole society is required to undergo long-lasting, radical, and continuous movements that united people who share the same
With the arising of consciousness for both Hong Kong people and official government towards the severe corruption, the whole society was waiting for a flashpoint to light up a new round of reformation.
Peter Godber, the former chief superintendent of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in Kowloon, a talented leader and a policeman who have done tremendously good work during the 1967 riots and had been decorated with the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1968, was found controlling assets over HK$4.3 million in 1973; those money altogether worth nearly six times of his salary between mid-1952 and mid-1973. According to the clause 10 in the Hong Kong anti-corruption law, he was given seven-day …show more content…
Based on the experiences from previous riots, for the Hong Kong government, unable to prosecute Godber would be unthinkable. Anthony Royle, former member of the Hong Kong Parliament, cited that Godber’s continuing freedom as a ‘source of much public irritation’ undermining confidence in the Hong Kong government. He argued that Chinese students who in recent years had seen the ‘law applied to themselves’ as a response to student demonstrations, would ‘not appreciate the legal niceties advanced, as they see it, to protect Godber’. On the sides of people, students started fiercely riots in Victoria Park with slogans like "Fight Corruption, Arrest Godber" insisted that Godber be extradited to stand …show more content…
From the case of Hong Kong, we can monitor these variables were actually playing a role in the formation of the Corruption and its final decreasing in Hong Kong. The ICAC itself is a successful agency that isolated from the government agency, successfully educated people with the hazards of corruption, prevents the existence of corruption, and monitors the behaviors of government officers. In order to establish such a successful organization like this, the whole society is required to undergo long-lasting, radical, and continuous movements that united people who share the same