Mr HC Chow
Wanderers' Association
Room 414
Cosmopolitan Centre
Nathan koad
Kowloon, HONG KONG
HKK 3411
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YRO. 51
2 OFEB 1981
BESK OFFICER
INDEX
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
IMS 2011 for 2012
20 February 1981
See (33)+/34
I have been asked to reply to your letter to the Frime Minister concerning the case of
As you will appreciate, the Hong Kong Government is primarily responsible for handling individual cases con- cerning illegal entrants. In
case, we are satisfied that this was done correctly. There is therefore no reason for Her Majesty's Government to intervene in the matter.
plea for political asylum was carefully considered by the relevant Hong Kong authorities. No evidence was found to support his claim that he had been persecuted for political, social or religious reasons by the Chinese prior to his arrival in Hong Kong; nor were there any grounds for believing that Lau would be ill- treated after repatriation. It is, therefore, incorrect to describe him as a refugee, or to suggest that his repatriation to China was a violation of human rights.
M A Searle
Hong Kong and General Department
19A,
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