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TELNO.1177 OF 17 AUGUST,
INFO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA BIS NEW YORK
KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK JAKARTA MANILA
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,
FOR ALLEN, O 1 D.
HUEY FONG TRIAL.
1. FOLLOWING IS FINAL ROUND-UP.
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2.
WHEN PRISON SENTENCES TOTALLING MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS WERE
IMPOSED RECENTLY BY A HONG KONG COURT AT THE END OF THE HUEY FONG CONSPIRACY TRIAL, OBSERVERS IN COURT AND THOSE WHO HAD FOLLOWED REPORTS OF THE CASE DREW THE CONCLUSION THAT MANY OF THE JUDGE'S STRICTURES WERE AS APPLICABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM AS TO
THE ELEVEN DEFENDANTS,
THE
3. PASSING SENTENCE IN THE VICTORIA DISTRICT ON AUGUST 9, JUDGE
HOPKINSON DESCRIBED THE VOYAGE OF THE FREIGHTER HUEY FONG LAST DECEMBER AS AN EXERCISE IN 'DECEIT FROM START TO FINISH''. MOTIVATION FOR THE VOYAGE, WAS A LUST FOR GOLD, HE SAID, REFERRING TO THE VAST PROFITS THAT WERE TO HAVE BEEN MADE OUT OF
THE HUMAN CARGO OF 3,318 REFUGEES WHICH THE SHIP BROUGHT TO HONG KONG
4.
THE JUDGE'S CONDEMNATION WAS OF COURSE DIRECTED PRIMARILY
AT THE MEN IN THE DOCK, WHO COMPRISED: THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP,
HSU WEN-HSIN AND SIX OF HIS OFFICERS SEMI-COLON AND THREE BUSINESSMEN WITH TRADING CONNECTIONS IN BOTH HONG KONG AND VIETNAM,
TOGETHER WITH THE SON OF ONE OF THEM.
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