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A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal 2nd Edition eBook

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  • Author(s): Nigel Collett
  • Publisher: City University of Hong Kong Press
  • Print ISBN: 9789629375577
  • eText ISBN: 9789629375584
A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal 2nd Edition eBook

Original price was: $45.00.Current price is: $27.00.

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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. The second edition includes a foreword by Christine Loh (former undersecretary for the environment, former legislator, and founder of Civic Exchange) as well as updated information from new interviews with key people involved in the case. With endorsements from human rights researchers and the local community, this book provides insight into Hong Kong during a time of social unrest and corruption scandals, a time when homosexuality and paedophilia were often considered interchangeable and both offered easy targets for blackmail.

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A Death in Hong Kong: The MacLennan Case of 1980 and the Suppression of a Scandal (2nd Edition) is written by Nigel Collett and published by City University of Hong Kong Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for A Death in Hong Kong are 9789629375584, 9629375583 and the print ISBNs are 9789629375577, 9629375575.