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TAN/CHOW

THE CASE OF TAN/CHOW

1. HEAD OF CHANCERY WAS ASKED TO CALL ON THE NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA TODAY. READING FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT, MR LIANG SHANGYUAN REFERRED TO THE CASE OF A MR

WHO LIANG SAID HAD ILLEGALLY CROSSED INTO HONG KONG

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2. LIANG SAID THAT HAD WORKED IN THE WU FUNG HONG COMPANY (A CHINESE FOOD EXPORTING CONCERN) IN HONG KONG FROM 1962 WHEN HE HAD RETURNED TO WORK IN SHENZHEN. IN 1980 HE HAD BEEN DETECTED TO BE EMBEZZLING PUBLIC MONIES: HE HAD GONE TO HONG KONG USING HIS HONG KONG IDENTITY DOCUMENT (WHICH HE HAD ILLEGALLY'' RETAINED) LAST MARCH. THE NCNA IN HONG KONG HAD TWICE ASKED THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TO TAKE INTO CUSTODY, AND TO RETURN HIM TO CHINA FOR PUNISHMENT. WAS A CHINESE GOVERNMENT SERVANT, HE HAD VIOLATED CHINESE LAW: HIS PRESENT STATE IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE REGARDED AS HIS ABSONDING TO AVOID PUNISHMENT. LIANG CLAIMED THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE'' FOR THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG TO ''DISREGARD REALITY'' AND ALLOW TO REMAIN FREE IN HONG

KONG, APPARENTLY USING HIS POSSESSION OF A HONG KONG IDENTITY DOCUMENT AS AN EXCUSE** FOR NOT RETURNING HIM,

3. IN ORDER TO UPHOLD THE FRIENDLY NATURE OF ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS, AND THE CLOSE TIES EXISTING BETWEEN THE MAINLAND OF CHINA AND HONG KONG, AS WELL AS TO FACILITATE THE ENFORCEMENT OF CHINESE LAW AND DISCIPLINE AND TO DISCOURAGE ILLEGAL JOURNEYS INTO HONG KONG, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN WISHED TO REQUEST THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES TO TAKE TAN INTO CUSTODY AND TO RETURN HIM FOR HIS PUNISHMENT. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES KNEW WHERE TAN WAS STAYING THEY SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT HE DID NOT ESCAPE.

4. ATKINSON SIAD THAT IT WAS THE FIRST WE HAD HEARD OF THIS CASE. HE UNDERTOOK TO REPORT, AND TO ASK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR VIEW OF THE MATTER.

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