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YOUR TELNO 235 AND 299: PETITION TO THE QUEEN: MRS LI YUE-XIAI
WE APOLOGIZE FOR OUR DELAY IN REPLY. WITH REGARD TO YOUR TWO
POINTS:
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WE CONFIRM THAT MOK WAS CONVICTED IN APRIL 1980 AND HE HAS SPENT NEARLY ELEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.
AFTER RECEIVING THE PETITION ON 17 JULY 1990, THE PALACE RE- ROUTED IT TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONG KONG BUT IT REACHED GOVERNMENT HOUSE ONLY IN EARLY OCTOBER 1990, WHEREAFTER THE USUAL ACTION WAS TAKEN HERE TO REVIEW THE CASE. RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT WERE CONSULTED AND REPORTS WERE COMPILED. NATURALLY THIS PROCESS TOOK SOME TIME BUT THERE WAS NO UNDUE DELAY IN SENDING THE PETITION AND REPORTS TOGETHER WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ON 28 DECEMBER 1990.
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