FORMER Special Branch officers, campaigning against their exclusion from a compensation scheme, went public for the first time yesterday and allowed themselves to be photographed.
But they refused to give their names when they asked the Bar Association to examine whether new Solicitor-General Daniel Fung QC was involved in a conflict of interests.
One of their representatives said Mr Fung had represented them between May 1992 and June this year in their challenge to the Government's decision to exclude them from a compensation scheme for Special Branch officers.
'The case ended in June, but Mr Fung - appointed as Solicitor-General in May - never told us verbally or in writing that he would join the Government,' the officer said.
'He should have informed us of the appointment. He should have told us the pros and cons, so we could decide whether we wanted to continue with the case. He told newspapers recently he had informed us, but he did not.
'We suspect there is a conflict of interest so we are complaining to the Bar Association which is an authoritative organisation. We think we would receive a fair answer,' the spokesman said.