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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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15/6/89
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TEXT OF QUESTION :-
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to P/S
MR. EGGAR
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON
M15 JUN 1989
PQS
REPLY (s)
MR CHRIS SMITH (ISLINGTON SOUTH AND FINSBURY)
To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;
whether he will suspend all extradition of prisoners to Hong Kong, where there is a possibility of the extradited person being handed over to the People's Republic of China authorities on 1st July 1997; and if he will make a statement.
for answer by
MR. EGGAR
(Minister)
ANSWER:
At Won
MkD 384/13
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We have no plans to suspend the return of fugitives to Hong Kong. My t on Friend the Home Secretary can only order the return of a fugitive when all
court proceedings in the UK have been concluded.
If a fugitive offender is returned to, Hong Kong under
That
the Fugitive Offenders Act before 1997,) would for an offence against Hong Kong laws.
be a matter for the Hong Kong courts. It would not
be for offences against the laws of the PRC.Under
the Joint Declaration, Hong Kong will retain its separate legal system after 1997, and will not be
relying on the PRC Criminal Code.
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as amended
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ARPan
(Head of Dept.)