Nope.
Mr Stewart
Mr Burns
Sir John Coles
PS/Sir Robin Butler
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PB Yaghmourian
SEAD
2 July 1991
Mr Morris, HKD
Mr Parker, Legal Advisers
Mr Underwood, C5, Home Office
LORRAIN OSMAN: ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION
Problem
1. Niall Andrews MEP has written to Sir Robin Butler with reference
to allegations of corruption in the Lorrain Osman case.
complains that Osman has been held without trial for 5 years.
He
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Sir Robin should give a robust reply, making it
clear that the allegations have been investigated and rejected by
the courts on several occasions, and that Osman's prolonged detention is due to his extensive use of the appeals procedure.
submit a draft letter. HKD, Legal Advisers and the Home Office
concur.
I
A
B
Background and Argument
3. Mr Andrews raises the case of Lorrain Osman, a Malaysian held on
remand pending extradition to Hong Kong to face charges of fraud, in
a letter to Sir Robin Butler of 21 June. The formal complaint to
which he refers was sent by Kevin Cahill, a journalist who has
worked closely with Osman's solicitors to publicise his case, in
March. Mr Cahill said he was enclosing a "formal complaint and
prima facie evidence of corruption in the FCO". Sir John Coles
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