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(D) A THREE MONTH PRISON SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE SIX
COMMUNIST
UNION MEMBERS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH POLICE EARLIER IN THE
MONTH (PARA 1 (C) OF TELEGRAM 216). MILITANT MEMBERS OF THE UNION
HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE LACK OF UNION ACTION BUT OFFICIALS
HAVE CONTINUED TO ACTIVELY DISCOURAGE ANY FORM OF PHYSICAL
DEMONSTRATION.
(E) TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS ON THE SINO-BRITISH BORDER. FOLLOWING
SHOTS IN C.T. IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 15TH MARCH TWO BODIES WERE
SEEN LYING ON THE GROUND IN C.T. AT DAYBREAK.
PLA PERSONNEL REMOVED THE BODIES BUT LATER RETURNED THEM TO
THEIR FORMER POSITIONS WHERE THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED ON SEVERAL
APHED
OCCASIONS DURING THE DAY. ON 22 MARCH AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT,
SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND, GAVE HIMSELF UP TO POLICE
AT THE BORDER AND IS NOW IN HOSPITAL. HE WAS ONE OF TWO ESCAPEES
FIRED UPON BY BORDER GUARDS IN C.T. SEMICOLON HIS COMPANION IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE FAILED TO ESCAPE.
(F) THE ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTION OF DUAL HONG KONG/C P G REGISTERED
JUNK FISHING IN CHINESE WATERS EAST OF THE COLONY BY AN ARMED
VESSEL ON 11 MARCH, RIFLE SHOTS, INJURING ONE CREW MEMBER
WERE FIRED AT THE FISHING JUNK, WHICH ESCAPED TO HONG KONG.
2. THE LATEST SHOOTING INCIDENTS ON THE BORDER AND IN NEARBY
CHINESE WATERS APPEAR TO REFLECT AN INCREASING DETERMINATION
BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO TIGHTEN SECURITY AND DISCOURAGE
VIOLATIONS OF TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES. THESE INCIDENTS APART,
THE BORDER HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY QUIET.
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