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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1992

ANTI-SMUGGLING

OTHER AREAS COVERED TOUCHED ON HOW AT SEA COULD BE BETTER CO-ORDINATED, HE ADDED.

WITH THE

OPERATIONS

SAME AIM

AND HOW

ΤΟ

THEY

PUT

THE

"WE ALSO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CRIME INVESTIGATIONS

CONDUCTED BY BOTH SIDES CAN BE WRONGDOERS BEFORE THE COURTS.

BOTH SIDES ALSO DISCUSSED EXCHANGES OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN TACKLING VARIOUS TYPES OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

THAT THE FORCE'S

EXPERIENCE

AND

EXAMPLE MR LI CITED AS AN KNOWLEDGE IN THE AREA OF COMMERCIAL CRIMES WERE QUITE "RICH".

"WE BOTH, HOWEVER, RECOGNISE

THAT AND WE

THERE ARE

TRY TO

DIFFERENCES

SOME FIND

IN COMMON

OUR LEGAL SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES GROUND FROM WHICH TO WORK ON," MR LI SAID.

VISIT, DURING THE TWO-DAY

MR LI SAID HE HAD ALSO SOUGHT CHINESE ASSISTANCE FROM THE

AUTHORITIES IN THE INVESTIGATIONS OF SEVERAL MAJOR CRIMES HAPPENED IN THE TERRITORY.

AUTHORITIES HAPPENED AT THE

MR LI SAID HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CHINESE CLUES ON THE CASH-IN-TRANSIT ROBBERY WHICH LAST JULY IN WHICH $167 MILLION WERE LOOTED.

HE SAID POLICE INVESTIGATORS WOULD BE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LEADS.

HAD

SOME AIRPORT

SENT TO CHINA IN

THE

PROGRESS MADE BY CHINESE INVESTIGATORS ON THE BUSINESSMAN, MR WONG TAK-FAI, WAS ALSO INQUIRED AS THE FORCE THE PRIME SUSPECT WAS STILL HIDING IN CHINA, HE ADDED.

KIDNAP

OF

BELIEVED

TRACKING DOWN A ALSO, ASSISTANCE FROM CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON

A SUSPECT, NICKNAMED "GOOSE HEAD", WHO WAS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN

NOW HIDING NUMBER OF MAJOR ARMED ROBBERIES IN HONG KONG RECENTLY AND IN CHINA, WAS ALSO SOUGHT.

ADVICE FOR BRITISH NATIONALS AND HK RESIDENTS IN LIBYA

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(FCO),

ON THE ADVICE OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION TODAY (THURSDAY) ADVISED BRITISH NATIONALS AND HONG KONG RESIDENTS IN LIBYA TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHETHER THEY NEED TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

AN

THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION POINTED OUT THAT THE FCO, IN ADVICE TO BRITISH NATIONALS, HAD NOTED THAT LIBYA HAD NOT COMPLIED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 732 ON THE QUESTION OF THE BOMBING OF FLIGHTS PAN AM 103 AND UTA 772.

THE UNITED