Ken 390
Extradition of Criminals in Hong Kong
7173. 5 Keny
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The questions out of which
This letter arises are
of Considerable difficulty.
First it is plain that if
a man who commits a crime in China can escape
punishment
by slipping
into British territory (or
vice versa), then
nothing
can be more
simple and injurious
than
the hordes of thieves and
ruffians who infest
Hong Kong
and the neigh-
bouring parts of China,
will become nearly
unpunishable.
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