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Date: 21 May 1991
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THE HONG KONG LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THE CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
CASE
A
Problem
1. Mr David Howell MP has written to the Secretary of State
enclosing a letter from two of his constituents,
Mr and Mrs R J Harris, about the Hong Kong Legal Department
and the case of their son, Christopher Harris, who was a lawyer in the Legal Department and was jailed last year for
sexual offences.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that the Secretary of State replies
along the lines of the attached draft. The Governor has been consulted and our Legal Advisers agree.
Background and Argument
3. The background to the problems of the Hong Kong Legal
Department and the Christopher Harris case is set out in my
B C D submission of 14 June 1990. Previous correspondence between
Mr Howell and the Secretary of State on this subject is
attached.
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