JA3 AQY
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone 01-
233 3988
Your reference
CB Shine Esq
Attorney-General's Chambers
Queensway Government Offices 4/f
66 Queensway
HONG KONG
Our reference
Date
21 May 1986
(26
Dew Mr Shere,
(16)
Please refer to your
letters of 27 March and 14 May asking for a transcript of the proceedings in 1974 against Lau Ming Chiu. We have now located the transcript and will send it as soon as its 800-odd pages have been copied.
It
appears
from the
file that FCO was consulted at the Governor's direction, in view of the particular difficulty of the case vis-a-vis the death penalty. I enclose copies for your information of the then Attorney-General's letter of 19 November 1974, and our telno 1080 of 9 December in reply.
Han 383/3
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
27 MAY 1986
Your sucely
Left Thomas.
DJ Barton
Hong Kong Department
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