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REGISTRY No.52
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FM HONG KONG 1807214
19 FEBI974
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NRC14/1
TO ROUTINE FCO TELMO 223 OF 18 FEBRUARY. 1974
TOP COPY
YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS 106 AND 135: DEATH SENTENCE LIU CHU.
SELF DEFENCE OR MANSLAUGHTER.
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1. IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 106 PARAGRAPH 1 YOU REFER TO A POSSIBLE CONTENTION THAT LIU QUOTE ACTED IMPLLUSIVELY USING A WEAPON WHICH HAPPENED TO COME TO HAND IN THE COURSE OF HIS FLIGHT UNQUOTE. LIU'S STORY WAS. THAT HE WAS ATTACKED BY 3 OR 4 MEN, THAT HE WAS HIT AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND THAT WHILE ON THE GROUND HE GROPED FOR AND FOUND A HARD OBJECT WITH WHICH HE DELIVERED A NUMBER OF
BLOWS. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT A TRIANGULAR FILE OF THE SORT IN
QUESTION IS THE MOST COMMON THUG'S WEAPON HERE. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE
THAT HE HAPPENED TO FIND ONE ON THE CORRIDOR FLOOR WHILE GRAPPLING
WITH THE DECEASED. THERE IS NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT HE DID NOT
HAVE IT ON HIM AS WELL AS THE KNIFE. THERE IS IN SHORT NOTHING
TO SUPPORT THE CONTENTION,
2. YOUR TELEGRAM NO 135 PARA 1. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AS TO WHETHER
IT WAS THE PRISONER OR DECEASED WHO FELL DOWN IN THE FIRST
STRUGGLE AND THEN CHASED AND CAUGHT THE OTHER.
3. YOUR TELEGRAM 135 PARA 2.
(A)
..... QUOTE WHEN CORNERED AGAIN HE WAS DRIVEN IN DESPERATION TO USE A LETHAL WEAPON TO DEFEND HIMSELF,..... UNQUOTE LIU WAS NEVER CORNERED IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS NO WAY OF RETREAT.
THE FINAL STRUGGLE TOOK PLACE ON AN OPEN STAIRCASE WHICH WAS NOT
OBSTRUCTED IN ANY WAY.
(D) THE PRISONER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. IF HE HAD SUFFERED REAL INJURY, OR HAD REASON TO FEAR IT, SOME SLIGHT WEIGHT MIGHT
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