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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 293 OF 8TH MARCH, 1974. INFO ROUTINE PHNOM PENH,
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I HAVE RECEIVED A PETITION AGAINST A REMOVAL ORDER UNDER SECTION 19 (1) OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE FROM KHOU SAN, A KHMER NATIONAL OF CHINESE RACE, THE HOLDER OF A KHMER PASSPORT. THE
GROUNDS OF THE PETITION ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE CASE OF LEUNG, YOUR TELNO 29 AND MY TELNO 32 REFER.
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2.
THE PETITIONER, AGED 22, CLAIMS THAT :-
(A) HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE IN PHNOM PENH
BUT HE BELIEVES THEY HAVE BEEN KILLED, BUT IS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE EXCEPT THAT NEWS OF THEM
HAS CEASED SINCE OCTOBER, 1973:
(B)
3.
THAT ON RETURN TO THE KHMER REPUBLIC HE WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY FACE A PRISON SENTENCE AND OTHER PUNISHMENT,
FOLLOWED BY CONSCRIPTION WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN HIS
DEATH IN BATTLE.
CONSEQUENTLY HE ASKS TO BE SENT INSTEAD TO MACAU WHERE HE
SPENT SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO ENTERING HONG KONG ILLEGALLY,
4. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO REJECT THIS PETITION AND RETURN THE MAN
TO CAMBODIA BECAUSE :
(A)
(B)
(C)
THERE IS NO GROUND WHATEVER FOR BELIEVING HE WILL BE PUNISHED FOR HAVING LEFT THE KHMER REPUBLIC SINCE HIS PASSPORT
WAS ENDORSED FOR TRAVEL ABROAD,
WE ARE MOST RELUCTANT TO HAVE HONG KONG BECOME A HAVEN FOR DRAFT DODGERS FROM EITHER CAMBODIA OR VIETNAM (SAIGON TELEGRAM NO. 2 OF 17TH JANUARY (REPEATED FCO) IS RELEVANT)
IF HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN KILLED, AS HE ALLEGES, IT IS INCONCEIV- ABLE THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME EVIDENCE
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