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DSR 11 (Revised)
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TYPE: Draft/Final 1+
DRAFT:
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Copies to:
Lord Belstead ri Donald Mr Smith, HKGD
Mr Hill, Legal Advisers Mr Hill, E5 Div, HO
the Lempted, word.
REQUEST BY THE LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE EXTRADITION FROM HONG KONG OF LAM WAI TING
1.
Problem
A
What advice should be given to the Governor of Hong Kong
in reply to the points raised in his telegram no 1311 of
12 November?
2.
Recommendation
We agree with the Home Office's view and recommend that
a reply should be sent to Hong Kong on the lines of the
attached draft telegram.
Enclosures-flag(s).......
3.
Background
The Liberian Government made a formal request, under cover
of a Note dated 23 September from the Liberian Embassy,
the extradition from Hong Kong to Liberia of Lam Wai Ting,
a Hong Kong seaman who is alleged to have murdered a fellow
Hong Kong seamna, Lam Yau-Cheuk, on board a Liberian
registered ship in international waters on 30/31 July last.
4.
The surrender of a fugitive from the UK or a dependent
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