NO FURTHER ACTION
ALLEGATIONS OF FLOGGING IN BURMA LONDON, Oct. 15. The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Bellenger) said that no further action would be taken on the allegations at court-martial proceedings last June that a commanding officer in Burma, Brigadiei’ W. Lentaigne. authorised the imposition of floggings. Mr. Bellenger said that Brigadier Lentaigne’s predecessor, Major-Gen-eral. C. O. Wingate, undoubtedly exceeded his powers when he instituted a system of punishments at variance with the Army Act and King’s Regulations. Brigadier Lentaigne, although! he inherited, became, responsible for Major-General Wingate’s orders, and could not have been expected to turn his eyes from the main tasks, which were harassing the Japanese. “I therefore concluded that no useful purpose would be served by pursuing the question of responsibility, "
added Mr. Bellenger.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1946, Page 8
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