TNAG-0487-FCO40-552-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 65

FONG YUN WAH

HK

55

19

華

83/€

The Rt. Hon. Secretary

12th June 1974

for Foreign & Commonwealth Office RICEVED IN

London

S.W.1.

U.K.

Dear Sir,

REGISTRY No. 1 17 JUN 1974

10KK14/1

Re: Capital Punishment

DUKE WELLINGTON HOUSE

9TH FLOOR,

NO. 14-24 WELLINGTON STREET,

HONG KONG

TEL.

5-231582

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFI

17 JUN1974

ALLO ATION

LAST

My submission of memorandum of Capital Punishment has been made to Mr. Ben Ford, visiting M.P. on 23rd April, 1974 but no reaction is reflected.

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For your informations I have the pleasure to send herewith a translation of the editorial from a local best known Chinese newspaper "Wah Kiu Yat Pao" dated 12th June 1974 from which you will have a view of the robberies, that have brought with them 39 deaths of innocent victims, up to June 1974 only. From previous records even the robbers, criminals or killers were caught, their punishments are no more than 5 to 10 years and no death punishments were permitted.

We are not concerning about the theory of death punishment of the British Government, we are worrying about the safety of the Hong Kong people which is now under a black cloud of non protection. The Hong "ong Police is working hard to stop the robbery and killing but the temptation of to kill for a living is too much, we have to look after a local Hong Kong law to stop it before it is too late and it is agreed by all that the resumption of death punishment is the only and best punishment to wipe out the ever booming crimes of killing. A good Government is supposed to protect her people by all means and to see any one killed helplessly is fantastic.

Public opinions are reflected in newspaper every day of the favour of death penalty and ten of the big organizations in Hong Kong have made joint appeal to the Hong Kong Government of the necessity of the resumption of the death penalty.

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