CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1960
OF 14110OZ JUNE 89
INFO IMMEDIATE
PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 020/14.
(00).
011167
MDHIAN 9224
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GUO WENXUAN
DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER RAISED THE ABOVE CASE WITH JI SHAOXIANG OF NCNA ON 14 JUNE. PEKING RADIO HAD BROADCAST A REPORT THAT GUO, A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM HONG KONG, HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN SHAOQUAN. HE HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF POSTING UP COPIES OF HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLOGANS IN THE TOWN. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD NO INFORMATION ON THIS MAN, NOT EVEN THE CHARACTERS OF HIS CHINESE NAME. THE NEWS HAD ATTRACTED MANY PRESS QUERIES. DPA ASKED NCNA TO SEEK INFORMATION URGENTLY ON THE REPORT. JI UNDERTOOK TO DO SO.
2. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED GUO AS KWOK MAN SUM. HE WAS BORN IN CHINA 1965 AND CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1978. HE HAS A HK ID CARD (D575252(4)) BUT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING ON A RE-ENTRY PERMIT RATHER THAN ANY FULLER DOCUMENTATION.
3. WE ARE ANSWERING PRESS ENQUIRIES BY SAYING SIMPLY THAT WE HAVE ASKED THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FOR DETAILS OF HIS CASE AND ARE AWAITING THEIR REPLY.
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