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MP'S LETTER: CIVIL LIBERTIES
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IN THE WAKE OF THE PROSECUTION OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATS, BOWEN WELLS MP HAS WRITTEN TO MR MAUDE SUGGESTING THAT THERE ARE QUOTE QUITE A NUMBER OF LAWS ON THE STATUTE BOOK IN HONG KONG DESIGNED TO SUPPRESS CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW UNQUOTE AND CALLING FOR THEIR REVISION BEFORE THE ELECTIONS IN 1991. WE ARE FAXING A COPY OF THE LETTER TO HOARE.
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