COUNCIL
PROF. J. N. D. ANDERSON, O.B.E.
BRYAN ANNS
PETER ARCHER, Q.C., M.P.
MICHAEL BRYCESON
PETER CARTER-RUCK
MICHAEL ELLMAN
PHILIP ENGLISH
THE LORD FOOT
EDWARD GARDNER, Q.C., M.P.
PROF. J. F. GARNER
WILLIAM GOODHART
PERCY GRIEVE, Q.C., M.P.
PROF. C. J. HAMSON
GLYN HARDWICKE
MUIR HUNTER, Q.C.
TOM KELLOCK, Q.C.
PHILIP KIMBER
JAMES LEMKIN
JUSTICE
(BRITISH SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS.)
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL:
THE RT. HON. LORD GARDINER
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
SIR JOHN FOSTER, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P.
CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
GEOFFREY GARRETT
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
LEWIS HAWSER, Q.C.
HONORARY TREASURER:
THE RT. HON. SIR ELWYN JONES, Q.C., M.P.
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
ALEC SAMUELS
SECRETARY:
TOM SARGANT, O.B.E., J.P.
LEGAL SECRETARY:
R. C. H. BRIGGS
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AINSLIE NAIRN
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CHARLES WEGG-PROSSER
WILLIAM WELLS, Q.C., M.P.
BASIL WIGODER, Q.C.
YOUR REF.
OUR REF.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY
10th May, 1973.
Please send to Telex number 802 3380 Z
H.M. Governor, Hong Kong.
The Council of Justice, The British Section of the International Commission of Jurists, considered at its meeting last night representations made to us by our Hong Kong branch regarding the decision to execute Tsoi Kwock-Cheong. We also had before us a copy of the letter signed by the two Bishops and a number of leading lawyers, and an account of the circumstances of the murder committed by Tsoi.
I have been asked by the Council to convey to you our strong support of the pleas for clemency. We regard it as wholly undesirable that a change of policy should be introduced after a lapse of seven years and without warning.
Робин
(Signed)
Gardiner
Chairman of Council.