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HKCK 341/1
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FM HONG KONG 062940Z MAR 80 07 MAR 1980
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 343 OF 16 MARCH
REGISTRY Action Taken
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONODON
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PEKING TELNO 77: RETURN OF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
THE LOCAL LEFT-WING CHINESE PRESS CARRIED A STORY YESTERDAY, SOURCED TO THE CAN TON SOUTHERN DAILY, ABOUT
BEING
UNDER ARREST IN CANTON AND ABOUT TO FACE TRIAL. IT DESCRIBED
ACTIVITIES IN ORGANIZING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND SAYS THAT 'HE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS'. IT DOES NOT MENTION APPROACHES TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NOR REMOVAL FROM HONG KONG. THE READER IS LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT
WAS ARRESTED INA NORMAL WAY IN CHINA.
2. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA, NOR DO WE INTEND TO SAY ANYTHING UNLESS PRESSED. IF WE ARE THEN ASKED WHETHER
WAS RETURNED TO CHINA FROM HERE, WE SHALL SIMPLY
SAY THAT HE WAS REMOVED AS AN UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANT UNDER SECTION
19 OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE. IF FURTHER PRESSED ABOUT
WHETHER THE CHINESE ASKED FOR HIS RETURN, WE WOULD ADD THAT WE
HAD BEEN ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE MIGHT BE IN HONG
KONG BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES: THAT INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED EVIDENCE OF HIS ACTIVITIES IN ORGANISING
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG: AND THAT HE WAS THEREFORE REMOVED UNDER THE IMMIGRATION CRDINANCE.
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