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Background
3.
The recent decision by the Hong Kong Attorney General to prosecute several leading liberals under the Noise Control Ordinance and the Summary Offences Ordinance has prompted a
number of MPs letters. The background was set out in my
submission of 2 August. All the defendants have now been
found guilty of the unauthorised use of loudspeakers and collecting money in public and fined small sums (which have recently been paid anonymously on their behalf). But the cases are still subject to appeal and therefore remain sub judice.
4. The Prime Minister has recently written to Mr Paddy
Ashdown on this subject, pointing out that it is a matter
for the Hong Kong Government, not HMG. It would therefore be appropriate to reply to other MPs' letters on similar
lines.
WINAFA/2
Rosalind
Mande
R M Marsden