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STATEMENT ON 111 VBP'
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1990
DETAINED YESTERDAY AFTER THE TODAY ON
THE 111 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE COURT RULING ON THEIR HABEAS CORPUS ACTION WILL BE RELEASED THEIR OWN RECOGNISANCE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
ADDED
KONG
AND
WAS GOVERNMENT
WOULD MAKE A
THAT THE HONG THE SPOKESMAN
COURT RULING, CONSIDERING APPEALING AGAINST THE DECISION AFTER READING THE WRITTEN JUDGEMENT.
RELEASE BY THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT FOLLOWING THE GROUP'S
OF THE IMMIGRATION THE COURT FROM DETENTION UNDER SECTION 13 (D) (I)
DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE, THE 111 HAD BEEN DETAINED TO ENABLE IMMIGRATION TO DETERMINE THEIR STATUS.
DOCUMENTS
"THIS IS NORMAL PROCEDURE WHERE AN IMMIGRANT WITHOUT
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. OR PERMISSION TO LAND IS FOUND IN HONG KONG,'
BEEN
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DEPARTMENT CAN STILL BE
BY IMMIGRATION EXAMINED HAVE "ONCE THEY OFFICERS, AND EVEN IF REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND, THEY RELEASED AT THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION'S DISCRETION.
"IN THIS CASE, THE EXAMINATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED
RELEASE ON IMMIGRATION CENTRE AND THEY ARE BEING OFFERED RECOGNISANCE."
NOT IS
AT VICTORIA THEIR OWN
..
THE
OVER-TURNED,' "IF THE COURT RULING EXPLAINED, "THEN AT SOME STAGE ACTION MAY BE TAKEN TO REMOVE FROM HONG KONG.'
INDICATED
THAT IT
SPOKESMAN ALL 111
GROUP WOULD NOT
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT JAPAN, THE COUNTRY TO WHICH THE
ALREADY OF 111 WISHED TO TRAVEL, HAD ACCEPT THEM.
THE
THE
VIEW, GOVERNMENT'S
IN FULL ACCORDANCE
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT IN
BEEN STAGES TREATMENT OF THIS GROUP HAD AT ALL WITH THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF HONG KONG LAW.
UPON THEIR RELEASE, THE GROUP WILL BE PUT IN THE OFFICE OF THE UNHCR, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
PENDING THE
APPEAL,
THE
GOVERNMENT
CARE OF THE
HAS OFFERED TEMPORARY
ACCOMMODATION TO THE 111 IN KAI TAK TRANSIT CENTRE,
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