Mr. A. J. J. Sanguinotli
Chambers
727 A Princes Building Hong Kong Конд
Tel: 241632
Dec. 31st '73.
would maturally hesitate to remove anyone to S. Vietnam, if that
person would be executed for being a dodger or deserter, and accordingly he informed me (sub rosa), that inquiries were being made
from the British Embassy in Saigon to find out discretly what would be
the punishment in such cases as that of Mr. LEUNG. If it turned out to
be a question of a few months imprisonment, then it would not be unjust
or unfair to have him removed to Saigon. He, further stated that no
request for deportation or removal had come from the S. Vietnamese
authorities in any case, but that the present policy of the Hong Kong was, when dealing with illegal immigrants from S. Vietnam, to discourage them to use the Colony even as a staging post. He further said that nowhere in his Petition to the Governor, had Mr. LEUNG mentioned a Firing Squad. Finally it was agreed that I should visit Mr. LEUNG in prison on Thursday Dec. 27th @3:00 p.m. where he is staying at present.
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As arranged, I saw Mr. LEUNG on Dec. 27th at the said place, and communicated with him thro' a prison interpreter in the Prison
Superintendant's room which was made available to me for the purpose. During the course of our meeting the following facts, (some supported by photostatic copies which I obtained and are now with the Colonial Secretary himself, but will be returned and forwarded to your goodself in due course) emerged.
FACTS.
(a) Mr. LEUNG 20 years old has an adopted mother (his mother's sister), grandmother, uncles and cousins in the Colony. A Statutory Declaration made as early as 1965 by his adopted mother reveals that he was born in China about 18 years ago, and that he is the declarant's son. (Copy of same is available)
(b) Mr. LEUNG's family in Saigon at present are his mother, 2 younger brothers and 3 younger sisters. His father passed away 4 or 5 years ago. He also has an uncle and relatives in Taiwan, who are quite willing to look after him.
(c) He first arrived by ship from S. Vietnam in H.K. on the 30th April '73 and entered the Colony illegally. The following day 1st May 173, he and his uncle were contacted by the Immigration
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