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INMEDIATE DISTRESS FCO TEL NO DISTRESS 7 OF 25 APRIL.
YOUR TELNO DISTRESS 7 OF 22 APRIL - CLEMENTS.
CLEMENTS IS BEING TREATED IN ALL RESPECTS LIKE ANY OTHER PRISONER IN HIS SITUATION. HE IS AT PRESENT REMANDED IN POLICE CUSTODY, WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, BEING FED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON EUROPEAN FOOD TO A SCALE
LAID DOWN. HE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED ON THE STANDARD OF FOOD BEING
SERVED AND HAS NO COMPLAINTS TO MAKE. AS WITH ALL PRISONERS
IN HIS SITUATION, HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED. FREE MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO
HIM AT HIS REQUEST, AS HE HAS BEEN INFORMED. HE HAS AVAILED HIMSELF OF HIS RIGHT TO CONSULT HIS SOLICITORS BY PHONE OR REQUEST THEIR PRESENCE, AND HAS WRITTEN TWO LETTERS, NEITHER OF WHICH WAS SEEN
BY ANY OFFICER OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BEFORE DESPATCH. CLEMENTS HAS MADE NO COMPLAINTS AS TO HIS TREATMENT, AND HAS MADE NO REQUESTS FOR AVY CHANGES TO BE MADE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE CONTACTED HIS PARENTS AND FRIENDS.
2. WE HAVE NO CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF HIS FINANCIAL POSITION, BUT HE HAS STATED THAT HIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE SLENDER. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CANNOT MAKE ANY INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS POINT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CLEMENTS APPLIES FOR LEGAL AID.
3. CLEMENTS IS DUE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE ON 26 APRIL WHERE IT IS ANTICIPATED HE WILL BE REMANDED IN JAIL CUSTODY. WHEN
IN JAIL CUSTODY HIS WELFARE POSITION AND RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW WILL
REMAIN AS NOW.
MACLEHOSE
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