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fit for unlawful purposes;

resisting arrest and sesaulting

a police officer. He received a sentence of five years

imprisonment. The seventh journalist was convicted on

charges involving interference in court proceedings and of

obstructing the police in the performance of their duties.

lin received a sentence of two years imprisonment.

give of

six other persoas connected with the proluction and

Bule of newspapers are serving prison sentences.

these were convicted on various charges of sedition,

attempting to cause disaffection and publishing false news.

Bach received a sentence of three years imprisonment.

The sixth was convicted on a charge of possessing a

simulated bob and received a sentence of twenty-one

Gon the isprisonment.

There are no journalists among the sixteen persone

being detained under hergenoy Aegulationa."

(Two of the thirteen imprisoned news workers have since

completed their sentences and have been released.)

3. It will be seen from Mr. Goronay Roberts' reply above

that although the "news workers" were convicted of serious

offences, they were not actually crises of violence.

want

it firaly on record that in contralietinetion to Mr. Grey, the

imprisoned "nowe workers" in Hong Kong are law-breakers as

opposed to hostages. Se have aleo male it clear that they are

not to be confused with persoas detained without trial under the

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