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YRTELNO 271: LORRAIN OSMAN DRAFT REPLY TO DR MAHATHIR
1. YOUR DRAFT SUGGESTS THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR A TRANSFER MAY BE MORE EASILY MADE THAN IS LIKELY TO BE THE CASE. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS FROM HONG KONG TO MALAYSIA AND WE HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO ENTER INTO SUCH ARRANGEMENTS. THE COMMONWEALTH ARRANGEMENTS TO WHICH YOU REFER ARE, PRESUMABLY, THE COMMONWEALTH SCHEME FOR THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HMG IS NOT YET A PARTY TO THAT SCHEME, BUT MAY ADOPT IT SHORTLY. FOR A PRISONER IN HONG KONG TO BE TRANSFERRED TO MALAYSIA UNDER THE SCHEME, THE SCHEME WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTENDED TO HONG KONG BY HMG, AND MALAYSIA WOULD ALSO HAVE TO ADOPT THE SCHEME. ALTERNATIVELY, WE COULD ENTER INTO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH MALAYSIA UNDER THE REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDERS, PROVIDED
MALAYSIA HAD ENACTED ITS OWN LEGISLATION.
'LORRAINE'
2. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE DRAFT, SAVE TO POINT OUT THAT OSMAN'S FIRST NAME IS LORRAIN NOT/NOT (PARAGRAPH 1 OF YOUR DRAFT).
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