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Police have early this (July 20) morning released on bail 14 men and four women suspected to have given support to fugitive Kwai Ping-hung.

The group, aged between 22 and 68, was among the 25 persons arrested during a large-scale operation mounted earlier by the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau.

Their bail condition ranged from $5,000 to $50,000 and they are required to report back to Police one to three weeks later.

For the remaining seven persons, one woman is an overstayer. The other two men and four women, aged between 23 and 47, had already been released unconditionally.

Police Report No. 1

Issued by PPRB

End/0245 hours, Friday, July 20, 2001 (CA)

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