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TELEGRAM NUMBER 775 OF 12 JUNE, 1979.
WOEX
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FOR ALLEN OID.
HUEY FONG TRIAL
ROUND UP FOR 12 JUNE.
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1. AN UNIDENTIFIED ''SENIOR OFFICIAL' OF THE VIETNAM COVERNMENT
MET THE CARGO SHIP HUEY FONG WHEN IT ARRIVED OFF THE VIETNAM
COAST LAST DECEMBER TO PICK UP REFUGEES, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTION EVIDENCE HEARD TODAY (12 JUNE) IN A HONG COURT.
2. THE OFFICIAL WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ON BOARD A ''SECURITY
BUREAU'' (SECRET POLICE) VESSEL WHICH MADE A RENDEZVOUS WITH
THE HUEY FONG AND HE WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING TAKEN AN ACTIVE
PART IN ARRANGING THE EMBARKATION OF 2,700 REFUGEES ON TO
THE FREIGHTER.
3. SEVERAL STATEMENTS READ AT TODAY'S COURT HEARING CENTRED ON
THE ACTIVITIES OF A MAN REFERRED TO AS KWOK THE DWARF' - A
BUSINESSMAN WITH CONNECTIONS IN VIETNAM, HONG KONG AND TAI WAN,
WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN A PRINCIPAL FIGURE IN NEGOTIATING
THE DEPARTURE OF THE REFUGEES WITH THE VIETNAM AUTHORITIES AS
PART OF A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HUMAN CARGO RACKET'’ KWOK
WHOSE REAL NAME IS KWOK WAH-LEUNG, IS DUE TO GIVE EVIDENCE LATER
IN THE TRIAL AS A PROSECUTION WITNESS.
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4. THE STATEMENTS READ TO THE COURT TODAY WERE ALLEGEDLY MADE
TO THE HONG KONG POLICE BY THE CAPTAIN OF THE HUEY FONG, 52 YEAR OLD HSU WAN-HSIN, WHO IS BEING TRIED ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY ALONG WITH 10 OTHER ACCUSED. HE ALSO FACES A CHARGE OF
COMMANDING AVESSEL WHICH ILLEGALLY CARRIED AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER
OF PASSENGERS.
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