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was not the way the case had been put to us.

We had been told that Tsoi should not be reprieved

because his crime was worse than those of murderers

who had been reprieved. But to have allowed the law

to take its course in Hong Kong would have led to a

have major row in Parliament. There would be vote of

censure by the Secretary of State which might have

been carried. Mr Woo said that some Labour MPs had

concludes also made this point to him. Mr Royle eountercå by

saying that the most recent figures on violent crime

that he had seen appeared to indicate that its rise

levelling was now phasing out.

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