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TITLE: RELEASE OF PRISONERS CONVICTED FOR
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Dear Michael,
"CONFRONTATION PRISONERS"
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COLONIAL SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
28 December, 1971
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I last wrote to you on this subject on 25 September reporting that the
September meeting of the Prison Board of Review had led to no
recommendations for reduction of sentence on "confrontation prisoners".
The Board met again on 9 December and to my considerable surprise
recommended reductions of sentence for six prisoners. Details are given
on the attached list.
2.
The Board also asked the Governor, if he accepted the recommendations,
to consider staggering the dates of release of the prisoners in order to
avoid publicity in Hong Kong as much as possible. The members of the
Board were vorried that the releases of several prisoners on one day
might cause local journalists to press avkvard questions on members of
the Board.
3.
We think that staggering the dates of release is also convenient to us
because it might encourage the Chinese Government and the local
communists to believe, as is the case, that we keep the problem under
review. It might therefore postpone the moment when the Chinese
Government realise we have come to the end of this particular road and
are left with the hard core whose sentences cannot be reduced.
4.
The Governor has accepted the Board's recommendations and fixed the
release dates indicated in the final column of the enclosure. We have
selected these dates to avoid public holidays and to give a stream of
releases at the rate of roughly one a month starting in January.
5.
We should be glad to know whether you have any vievs on the timing of
the communications to the Chinese Government. It would probably suit us
best to make then one at a time about 48 hours before the release date
and the press information also one at a time on the days of release.
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R C Samuel Esq Peking CONFIDENTIAL
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"CONFRONTATION PRISONERS"
Previous
Sentence
Number
Nane
sentence
recommended
Previous release date
Revised release date
1.
28168
WAN Kam-hung
10 years
7 years
20. 5.74
19. 1.72
2.
28328
WONG Ting-sau
8 years
7 years
25. 1.73
1. 3.72
3.
28329
LAI Kwong
8 years
7 years
25. 1.73
14. 4.72
4.
28330
CHAN Chin-fong
8 years
7 years
25. 1.73
12. 5.72
5.
28834
TSANG Hui
9 years
7 years
16.11.73
14. 6.72
6.
27993
TANG Ching-ping
9 years
7 years
10. 1.73
14. 7.72
CONFIDENTIAL
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CONFRONTATION PRISONERS : AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Copies are enclosed of a letter from Amnesty International to Denys
Roberts, the Attorney General, and of his reply.
2.
In case Amnesty International write to the F C O in parallel you might
like to be reminded that their letter reflects the careless and improper
use by the International Committee of the Red Cross of the words
"political detainee" which was discussed earlier in telegrams; the last
being Hong Kong telegram number 497 of 23 July.
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Consul-General
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Kiss H. Hinze,
Amnesty International,
International Secretariat,
Research Department,
Turnagain Lane,
Farringdon Street, LONDON, E.C.4.
Attorney General's Chambers,
Central Government Offices,
Hong Kong.
2th December, 1971,
Thank you for your letter of 15th December, 1971.
The last prisoner to be detained under Emergency Regulation 31 was
released about June 1969.
If he visited Stanley Prison in 1971, the I.C.R.C. delegate can only
have seen prisoners convicted of criminal offences.
I hope this is the information you soek.
(D.T.E. Roberts) Attorney General.
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Farringdon Street, London, EC4 Telephone: 01-236 0111/3 Telegrams:
Amnesty London
The Rt. Hon. Mr. Denys Roberts,
The Attorney-General,
The Legal Department,
Central Government Offices, HONG KONG.
15th December, 1971
Dear Sir,
According to publications from the International Red Cross Committee,
Genova, of 10th March and 31st March 1971, one of their delegates
visited Stanley Prison in Hong Kong on 2nd February 1971, where he saw
66 political detainees and Tai Iam prison for wonen on 18th February
1971, where he saw 5 political detainees.
According to our sources of information, there were only some 30
political prisoners remaining under detention who were arrested during
the 1967 disturinnces under Energency Regulation 31. These persons were
due for release in July this
year.
We would be grateful if you could give us as full information as
possible as to the nature of these political detainces visited by the
ICRC delegate and whether, if their cases fall under the above-mentioned
1967 disturbance issue, they have all been released, and around what
date.
Thanking you for your trouble in advance,
Yours faithfully,
Fillis Hinge
Hillis Hinze (Miss) Research Department
Chairman of the international Exerative. Stan Markude, E.C.
Secretary General. Marti Emmala
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President of the International Laague for the Rights of Man, USA. Pablo
Casali, Pueno Rico
Lt-Gin. Šie Bran Hörrecku. Great Brita Danilo Dale, Šiesty Professor
Ench Fromm. New York und Mexen
Professor Salvador de Madanaga. Spain Joan-Flaveen Lalive, Switzerland
Yehudi Menuha, Great Briza Professor Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden Professor
Giorgio La Pirs. Pablo Neruda, Chile Alan Paton, South Afries. Dr.
Marten "Memöbler. Germany · Saan Muchode, SC.. Ireland Kaly Profesor
Jukus. Šione, Australa
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17 December 1971
From the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
20.2
Thank you for your letter of 10 December about the conversation you had
with Mr Chang Wen-chin concerning prisoners still serving sentence in
Hong Kong after the riots of 1967.
As a result of the rioting 1,832 men and women were convicted of
offences and imprisoned. By the end of this year omy mainly convicted of
violent crimes, will still be in prison. The sentences of all long térm
prisoners in Hong Kong are reviewed regularly by the Prison Board of
Review which makes recommendations to the Governor. The Prisoners' state
of health and conduct are all taken into account together with any other
relevant factors. This year a total of 45 confrontation prisoners have
had their sentences reduced and thus obtained their release on the
recommendation of the Prison Board of Review.
The Chinese authorities have been informed as a matter of courtesy, of
the results of the process of review. Mr Denson, who was then our Chargé
d'Affaires in Peking, wrote to Mr Chang Wen-chin on 10 September to let
him have details of the releases for the latter part of this year. Mr
Chang is therefore aware of the present position.
T Dalyell Esq MP House of Commons London SW1
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conversation you had with Mr Chang Wen-chin concerning
prisoners still serving sentence in Hong Kong after the
riots or 1967.
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and urged
After the rioting 1,83% aipame were convicted of
offences and imprisoned. By the end of this year only
23, mainly convicted of violent crimes, will still be in prism.
The sentences of all long term prisoners in
-detained.
Hong Kong are revieked regularly by the Prison Board of
Review which makes recommendations to the Governor.
The prisoners' state of health and conduct are all
taken into account together with any other relevant
factors. This year a total of 45 confrontation
reduced fon
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reduced on the
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Paragraph 7 of Mr Samuel's letter of 26 November reported
that the Chinese had raised the question of confrontation
Prisoners with Mr Dalyell.
2. When he gave me lunch on 9 December he told me that he had
given the Chinese an undertaking to "look into" the question of
those prisoners still detained. He said he intended tabling a
question. I gave him an account of the numbers involved and
said that as the Chinese had not raised this officially fr
some time, I had hoped that attention would not be drawn to it.
Mr Dalyell then said that in that case he would confine himself
to writing Mr Royle a letter. He now writes that he intends
forwarding the reply to the Chinese. I see no harm in this,
Mr Denson's letter of 10 September to Mr Chang Wen-chin has told
them the latest position
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