GRS 119
RESTRICTED
FM BANGKOK
TO ROUTINE SINGAPORE
TELNO 13
OF 230846Z JUNE 87
Restricted
INFO ROUTINE FCO, KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG-
PA Ongo
HKD 235/
RECEIV
FROM RE DARKIN, CHKA, BKK
FOLLOWING FOR: MC CLEMENTS, SINGAPORE
YOUR REF GRS 414 22091OZ JUN
COPIED TO TL TICHARDSON, ERD FCO
AJ CARY, KUALA LUMPUR
POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
2 4 JUN 1987
VĖS STRY
Taken
Mek 217.
DRUG TRAFFICKING: RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CONFISCATION OF
ASSETS
1.
HONG KONG NOW CONSIDERING A FORM OF ASSET SEIZURE LEGISLATION BUT AS YET IT HAS NOT BEEN PASSED INTO LAW.
2.
WITH REGARDS TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ASSETS HELD IN HONG KONG COULD BE SEIZED FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL NARCOTICS CONVICTIONS IN THE U.K. THIS WOULD BE A MATTER FOR COURT TO COURT APPLICATIONS
AND THEN ONLY IF SUBSTANTIAL PROOF WAS OFFERED.
REGARDS
TONK IN
YYYY
BDHPAN 1500
MINIMAL
ERD
NCAU
SEAD
HKD.
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