| Edition |
2nd edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
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Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements (First Edition) -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- List of Characters -- 1. Scotland -- 2. Hong Kong -- 3. Corruption -- 4. Amnesty -- 5. Homosexuality -- 6. John Richard Duffy -- 7. Yuen Long -- 8. Appeal -- 9. The SIU -- 10. Pursuit -- 11. The Honourable John Griffiths -- 12. Set-Up -- 13. Stumbling Blocks -- 14. Suicide -- 15. Investigation -- 16. Outcry -- 17. Inquest -- 18. Campaign -- 19. Commission of Inquiry -- 20. The Carratu Investigation |
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21. Opening Moves -- 22. The SIU Case Collapses -- 23. Discrediting the Police -- 24. Hostile Witnesses -- 25. Intervention -- 26. Endgame -- 27. The Commission's Report -- 28. Justice T.L. Yang -- 29. Aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates -- Back Cover. |
| Summary |
In January 1980, a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be arrested for committing homosexual acts still, at that point, illegal in Hong Kong. But this was more than the desperate act of a young man, ashamed and afraid. both his death and the subsequent investigation were a smokescreen for a scandal that went to the heart of the establishment. MacLennan came to Hong Kong from Scotland during a tumultuous time in Hong Kong's history. The governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose was to be a time of reform and progress, but with that remit came the determination of many to suppress scandals and silence those who stirred up trouble. Both the life and death of John MacLennan seemed to many of those in power to threaten the stability of one of Britain's last colonies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
MacLennan, John, 1950-1980.
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Gay men.
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Gay men. |
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Gay police officers.
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Gay police officers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gay men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Collett, Nigel. A Death in Hong Kong : The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition). Chicago : City University of Hong Kong Press, ©2020 9789629375577 |
| ISBN |
9789629375584 (electronic book) |
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9629375583 (electronic book) |
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9789629375577 |
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9629375575 |
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