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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 307 OF 12TH MARCH, 1974. INFO ROUTINE
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM SOUTH VIETNAM.
FOLLOWING RECENT CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT LEUNG PAK-KIN (YOUR
TELEGRAM NUMBER 29 AND STUART'S LETTER DATED 28TH JANUARY HKK 1415
TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY COPIED TO SAIGON), ANOTHER CASE HAS NOW COME UP. LY HAN, A YOUNG MAN OF CHINESE RACE, AGED 22, BORN AND
BROUGHT UP IN SOUTH VIETNAM, OF WHICH HE IS A CITIZEN, ENTERED
HONG KONG ILLEGALLY ON 31ST DECEMBER 1972. HE WAS LOCATED ON 23RD
MAY 1973, CHARGED, CONVICTED AND FINED. HIS RE-ENTRY TO SOUTH
VIETNAM WAS ASSURED ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1973 AND A REMOVAL ORDER WAS
MADE AGAINST HIM IN FEBRUARY 1974.
2.
HE HAS PETITIONED AGAINST RETURN TO SOUTH VIETNAM ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE LEFT THE COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION WHILE HE WAS UNDERGOING
COMPULSORY SERVICE IN THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY AND THAT HE IS
THEREFORE LIABLE TO BE SHOT OR IMPRISONED FOR LIFE IF HE IS SENT BACK WE BELIEVE THAT, IN FACT, ALTHOUGH DRAFTED, HE WAS EXEMPTED TEMPORARILY ON HEALTH GROUNDS AND THAT HE LEFT SOUTH VIETNAM
DURING THIS PERIOD.
3. HIS CLOSEST RELATIVES, HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER ARE IN
VIETNAM. HIS FATHER IS DEAD AND HE CLAIMS TO HAVE AN AUNT AND A
GRANDMOTHER IN HONG KONG. THERE ARE NO GROUNDS ON WHICH HE COULD
BASE A CLAIM TO STAY HERE AND, UNLIKE LEUNG PAK-KIN, HE HAS NOT MADE ANY EFFORT TO OBTAIN ENTRY INTO TAIWAN OR ELSEWHERE. WE ARE
THEREFORE FACED WITH THE SIMPLE CHOICE OF RETURNING HIM TO SOUTH
VIETNAM OR ALLOWING HIM TO STAY,
A. ON BALANCE,
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