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YOUR TELNO 433 : DR RAIS BIN SANIMAN
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<c Mr Porker, Asor Leg. Adv.
fhr Yaghmanian, SEAD
(Robust French response to Int. Finamaid crime?)
+ Enter (OSMAN)
~13/3
1. THE MFA HAVE INFORMED US THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HAVE RULED AGAINST DR SANIMAN'S EXTRADITION. THE FIVE COUNTS WHICH HAD BEEN RECOGNISED AS VALID BY THE CHAMBRE D'ACCUSATION AT VERSAILLES WERE FOUND NOT TO BE SO BY THE MINISTRY. WE HAVE NOT YET HAD PRECISE DETAILS BUT WE UNDERSTAND TWO COUNTS WERE CONSIDERED INVALID UNDER FRENCH LAW AS REGARDS EXTRADITION. THE OTHER THREE HAD BEEN RULED OUT OF ORDER AT AN EARLIER APPEAL IN 1987, AND BECAUSE NO NEW ELEMENTS HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATER APPLICATION THE RULING OF THE EARLIER COURT STOOD.
2. WE HAVE ASKED THE MFA FOR FURTHER DETAILS IN ADVANCE OF THE COPY OF THE MOJ RULING WHICH WILL REACH US IN DUE COURSE THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS. WE WILL SEND THESE ON TO YOU AS SOON AS AVAILABLE BUT IN THE MEANTIME THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE ADVISE OF FRENCH DECISION. HKD HAVE BEEN INFORMED.
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