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The Son Michael Thomas, CC, CC, Attorney Gen-rai-
question from The Hon. Mr Martin tee
in the tregislative Council Meeting on 8 July 1987-
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frosecutions under section 27
under section 27 The Public Endor Crdinance
4. MR. MARTIN LEE asked:
with regard to
(a)
(b)
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the recent publication by the Outlook Magazine of a statement attributed to Mr, LI Eou, the Secretary General of the Basic Law Drafting Committee, that the introduction of direct elections in 1988 will be a breach of the spirit of the Joint Declaration, which statement was distributed by the Xinhua News Agency to a number of journalists in Bong Kong and, which statement was subsequently denied by Mr.
Bou as having been made by him; and
the publication of an article in the Hong Kong Standard on 20th June, 1987 entitled "Keep your nose out, Britain tells
China", in which certain statements were attributed to "a
Foreign Office spokesman" which statements were later
denied by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as having
been made by them;
will the Administration inform this Council as to the following :
(1)
whether any prosecutions will be instituted under section
27 of the Public Order Ordinance in relation to the
publication of each of the said statements with regard to :
(a) the falsity of the news;
(b) the publication thereof; and
(c) the likelihood to cause alarm to the public or a
section thereof;
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