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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1159 OF 21 DECEMBER

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THERE WAS A DISTURBANCE IN CHI MA WAN ON THE 20TH DECEMBER REPORTED AT LENGTH IN THE SCMP AND WHICH IS NOW OVER.

2. THE CAMP ACCOMMODATES 2,400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG FROM CHINA HAVING BEEN SETTLED THERE AFTER ARRIVING FROM VIETNAM. ALL THE CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED

TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND THEY WILL BE REPATRIATED TO CHINA

ONCE THE CHINESE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE CASES.

Mr. Willmarin 3. THE INCIDENT WAS SPARKED OFF BY THE DETENTION OF AN INMATE

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FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING. HIS FRIENDS RESENTED THIS, A SCUFFLE BROKE OUT WHICH SPREAD QUICKLY THROUGHOUT THE CAMP. BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO REIMPOSE DISCIPLINE BY FORCE AND OFFICERS OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WITHDREW OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE INMATES HAD ARMED THEMSELVES WITH IRON BARS, ETC AND

HAD BROKEN INTO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS, THE CAMP WAS QUIET QUITE SOON AFTERWARDS. DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE BETWEEN PRISON OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REFUGEES.

4. TODAY THE REFUGEES LEFT THE CAMP VOLUNTARILY, HAVE SUBMITTED THEMSELVES TO A SEARCH AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CAMP THEREAFTER AND ONCE IT HAS BEEN CLEARED UP. SOME OF THE TROUBLE-MAKERS WILL BE REMOVED TO OTHER DETENTION CENTRES. EQNUIRIES ARE CONTINUING

BY POLICE AND PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

5. A FUTHER APPROACH IS BEING MADE TO THE NONA TO TRY TO SPEED UP THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REPATRIATION OF THESE

CASES.

6. THERE WERE 5 CASUALTIES WHICH WERE HOSPITALISED. THE CONDITION OF ONE OF THESE IS DESCRIBED AS FAIR.

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