DSR 11 (Revised Sept 85)
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SUBJECT:
MISS HAU TSUI LING, AU KING CHOR, CHAN YUI TIM,
CHOW SING, IP TAK MING, LAI CHI PING, NG YIU KWOK
AND YUEN KWOK KWAN, SENTENCED TO DEATH IN
MALAYSIA:
MINISTER
POSSIBLE COMMUTATION PLEA BY PRIME
1. The above eight British Dependant Territory
Citizens from Hong Kong were sentenced to death in
Penang on 7 May 1985 for drug trafficking.
After
a hearing on 4 May 1989 the Supreme (Appeal) Court
dismissed their appeals.
This completed the
judicial procedures.
Their lawyers will be
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submitting a plea for commutation of the sentence
to the Penang Pardons Board. The High Commission
in Kuala Lumpur will be sending to the MFA a
petition for clemency on humanitarian grounds in
support of this plea.
2. Such pleas by HMG are standard practice.
Similar pleas have been made on behalf of Kevin
Barlow and Derrick Gregory for which the PM's
approval was sought and given.
3.
The Prime Minister made a personal "last