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WU'ER KAIXI/HOU DEJIAN/HAN DONGFANG.
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SUMMARY.
1. DESPITE EARLIER FEARS NONE OF THE DISSIDENTS ACTIVITIES
COINCIDED. HOU DEJIAN DEPARTED HONG KONG ON 10 DECEMBER, WHILST HAN DONGFANG WENT AHEAD WITH A THREE DAY SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN. WU'ER KAIXI DID NOT TRAVEL TO MACAU BUT OBTAINED AN EXTENSION OF STAY ON THE STRENGTH OF A DUBIOUS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. WU'ER EVENTUALLY DEPARTED HONG KONG ON 13 DECEMBER.
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DESPITE EARLIER CONCERNS, THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT THE VISITS OF ACTIVISTS WU'ER KAIXI AND HOU DEJIAN WERE CONNECTED TO A THREE DAY SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN BY HAN DONGFANG TO COINCIDE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (10 DECEMBER). HOU DEJIAN DEPARTED HONG KONG FOR TAIPEI ON 10 DECEMBER AND WU'ER KAIXI, DESPITE A REPORTED TWO HOUR MEETING WITH HAN DONGFANG, ADOPTED A LOW PROFILE THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT.
3. WU'ER KAIXI WAS SCHEDULED TO DEPART HONG KONG FOR TAIPEI
ON 9 DECEMBER, HOWEVER IT WAS EXPECTED THAT HE WOULD SEEK A FURTHER 48 HOURS STAY ON THE STRENGTH OF HIS DOUBLE JOURNEY TRANSIT VISA BY MAKING A SIDE TRIP TO MACAU. ON 9 DECEMBER, THE INTENDED VISIT TO MACAU WAS CANCELLED OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE THE MACAU
AUTHORITIES ADVISED THAT WU'ER WOULD NOT BE GRANTED PERMISSION TO
ENTER MACAU.
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SUBSEQUENTLY, LAU CHIN SHEK NOTIFIED US THAT WU'ER KAIXI HAD MYSTERIOUSLY BECOME TOO ILL TO TRAVEL, AND THEREFORE COULD NOT MEET THE DEADLINE FOR THE EXPIRY OF HIS 48 HOUR STAY WHICH WAS MIDNIGHT 9 DECEMBER. WE RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO A POSTPONEMENT BUT INSISTED THAT LAU MUST PRESENT A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AND COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION FORMALITIES BY CLOSE OF PLAY ON 10
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