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FM PEKING 140818Z OCT 80
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 667 OF 14 OCT 84.
INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR)
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DESK OFFICER INDEX YOUR TELNO 535: HONG KONG TRANSIT VISAS
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AS INSTRUCTED FIRST SECRETARY CALLED ON LIU YONGPING ON 13 OCTOBER AND ACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARA 10 OF HONG KONG TELNO 1278, DRAWING AS NECESSARY ON HONG KONG
TELNO 1306.
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2. LIU WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE CONCESSION, ALBEIT ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, COVERING ISSUE OF DOUBLE JOURNEY TRANSIT VISAS TO PERSONS IN CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE GROUPS (HONG KONG TELMO 269). BUT HE CONSIDERED THAT OUR RESPONSE TO HIS EARLIER ACCUSATION OF DETAINEES BEING TREATED AS CRIMINALS DID NOT CONFORM TO THE ''REALITIES'' OF THE SITUATION AS REPORTED BY CHINESE CITIZENS. WENT ON TO CITE A FURTHER THREE CASES. (A) MRS LIU HOU YU
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MRS LIU, ACCOMPANIED BY HER DAUGHTER, ARRIVED AT LO WU ON 7 JULY. THEY HELD A VALID PASSPORT WITH A VISA FOR SURINAM. MRS LIU AND HER DAUGHTER WERE DETAINED AND SENT DIRECT TO A DETENTION CAMP. THEY ARRIVED THERE AT 1400 HOURS AND WERE NOT ALLOWED FOOD OR WATER UNTIL 2000 HOURS. THEY WERE DETAINED IN A ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS. DURING THEIR 7 DAYS DETENTION THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED OUT FOR FRESH AIR, FOOD WAS PUT UNDER THE CELL DOOR, WATER WAS ONLY ALLOWED AT MEAL TIMES AND THEIR PILLOW WAS A PIECE
OF WOOD.
(B) MRS CHEN TUNG HSI
MRS CHEN ARRIVED AT LO WU ON 2 JULY WITH A VALID PASSPORT CONTAINING A HONG KONG TRANSIT VISA ISSUED BY OUR CONSULAR SECTION AND A VISA FOR SURINAM WHERE SHE WAS GOING FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT TO JOIN HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS DETAINED AND SENT TO A DETENTION CAMP AND SUFFERED THE SAME CONDITIONS AS CASE (A). ACCORDING TO LIU MRS CHEN WAS
TAKEN ILL DURING DETENTION AND ASKED TO SEE A DOCTOR
FIVE HOURS LATER SHE WAS HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO A DOCTOR.
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