John Tsang Siu-fo ( Chinese: 曾昭科; 18 June 1923 – 18 December 2014) [1] was a Chinese police officer of the Hong Kong police force until he was discovered to be a communist spy.
Tsang was born in Guangzhou, China. He was the highest-ranking Chinese member of the Hong Kong Police Force in the 1960s, when Hong Kong was part of the British colony. The Hong Kong government announced on 6 October 1961 that Tsang is to be detained. [2] On 30 November of the same year, he was announced publicly to be involved in espionage spying activities for the Chinese Communist Party. [2] He was deported to the People's Republic of China. [2] [3]
In 1978 he returned to live in Guangzhou. He later worked at Jinan University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. [2]
In 2002 he was asked by the media whether he was returning to Hong Kong. He said he was a Hong Kong citizen then and now. And that the Hong Kong Chief Executive should vindicate him so he can rehabilitated. [4]
- ^ "南方plus-广东头条新闻资讯平台".
- ^ a b c d Wen Wei Po, 26 December 2006. " 涉港秘件解密系列之二．粵人勒緊褲頭 東江水解港困." Retrieved on 30 March 2009.
- ^ Carroll, John Mark Carroll. [2007] (2007). A concise history of Hong Kong. Rowman & Littlefield publishing. ISBN 0-7425-3422-7, ISBN 978-0-7425-3422-3. pg. 237.
- ^ Sing Tao Daily, 6 March 2002. " 曾昭科盼董特首昭雪." Retrieved on 30 March 2009.
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