Mr Powell
SEAD
LORRAIN OSMAN
Reference
1.
You discussed with John Morris a contribution from Hong Kong Department on the points raised by Dr Mahathir during
his talk with the Prime Minister on 19 December 1990. This
was on the possibility of Osman serving any sentence in a
British or Malaysian jail rather than in Hong Kong.
2.
I suggest the following:
"Mr Osman's main argument for not wishing to serve any
sentence in Hong Kong seems to be his fear that he could be
transferred to mainland China if he was still in prison
after 1997, when Hong Kong reverts to the People's Republic
of China, or that the PRC would retrospectively increase his
sentence or add further charges after 1997.
Аз педалова
The possibility that
The fact that if convicted, Osman's prison term could extend
You still hauran $ 84 tollo maltes beyond 1 July 1997, is of no consequence. The PRC has
entered into binding legal obligations in the Joint
Declaration in relation to the position and status of Hong
Kong after China resumes sovereignty over the territory.
Those obligations provide for a measure of autonomy and in
particular for a continuation of the present judicial and
legal system of Hong Kong. The British Government have
concluded an agreement with the PRC and have no reason to
believe that the PRC will not abide by it. Indeed the Joint
Declaration has been further strengthened by the
promulgation of the Basic Law in April 1990.
It is obviously not possible to give a categorical assurance that no prisoner will ever be transferred from the future
Hong Kong SAR to other parts of the PRC but any request
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