from A.R. Karim
On November 25th, at about 4 p.m. a member of the British Special Branch unlawfully entered my home, . . I work at the London office of the Malayan People's Afro=Asian Solidarity Committee. I was not at home at the time and subsequent enquiries revealed that the C.I.D. representative frightened my housekeeper into opening the door of the premises and spent twenty minutes conducting an extensive search on my papers and belongingse Furthermore he questioned my housekeeper about my political activities.
On my return that evening and learning of the intrusion, I immediately went to the West Hampstead Police Station accompanied by another Malayan friend to find out if the intrusion was in fact carried out by the C.I.D. Police Officer S.P.S. 33E, Mr. Thornby at the Police Station took charge. of the report and confirmed that the intrusion was in fact carried out by ‘the C.I.D., The reason given was that the C.I.D. was looking for an Indonesian student and when I pointed out that my housekeeper had catagorically told the C.I.D. representative that there were no Indonesians living in the building, the Police Officer Mr, Thornby said that the C.I.D. did not believe the house keeper and preferred to check themselves. Finally, I told the police that I wished to lodge the strongest protest against this unlawful action, on the part of the British C.I.D.