WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1992
APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIONS MADE FOR DETAINED HK RESIDENTS
THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FOR HONG KONG RESIDENTS BEING DETAINED OR JAILED IN CHINA WHERE THERE ARE GROUNDS FOR DOING SO.
SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ASPREY, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM KUI- SHING, MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF SOME CASES OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS HAVING BEEN DETAINED OR JAILED IN CHINA, BUT IT HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR CERTAIN HOW MANY HONG KONG RESIDENTS WERE STILL DETAINED.
"AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE, ALL HONG KONG RESIDENTS DETAINED IN CHINA FOR POLITICAL OFFENCES RELATED TO THE EVENTS OF JUNE 1989 HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED.'
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HE SAID IN EACH OF THEIR CASES THE HONG KONG AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS MADE REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE UP DESERVING CASES IN FUTURE,' HE
SAID.
ON MR LAU SAN-CHING'S DETENTION IN CHINA IN DECEMBER 1981, MR ASPREY SAID THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS RAISED HIS CASE WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON MANY OCCASIONS, BOTH IN HONG KONG AND BEIJING.
"HIS CASE WAS TAKEN UP BY BOTH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE PRIME MINISTER DURING THEIR VISITS TO CHINA IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER 1991," HE SAID.
MR LAU WAS FINALLY RELEASED AT THE END OF HIS SENTENCE IN DECEMBER 1991.
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IT WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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