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BACKGROUND
EXECUTION OF HONG KONG RESIDENT IN CHINA
Radio reports on the morning of 18 February stated
that two people, a Thai citizen and a Hong Kong resident, had been executed by shooting following
conviction on drug smuggling charges.
We were aware from press reports that two Hong Kong residents, Tai Man-Huen (aged 35) and Yu Sek-Foon (32)
were sentenced to death on 7 January in Kunming
following conviction on charges of smuggling heroin worth HK$14.5m (£1.4m) into China in 1986. It was
expected that the executions would take place within a
month or so, and would be public.
Hong Kong have told us by telephone that the news
of the executions has been calmly received there.