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FM HONG KONG Ø307237 FEB 82
TO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1 OF 3 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE MANILA, MVD, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
SUBJECT: GRAHAM JAMES LOUIS.
LOUIS, AN AUSTRALIAN BOXER, BORN 6.8.1946 IN SYDNEY, HIS FILIPINO WIFE ROSALINA MELINA BORN 1.2.57 AND 2 ELDER CHILDREN HAVE OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG AND ARE BEING REMOVED UNDER REMOVAL ORDERS TO AUSTRALIA. AS HE HAS ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IN THE MEDIA HERE AND MAY POSSIBLY DO SO AGAIN ON HIS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CASE. MEDIA INTEREST IN HIM FIRST AROSE BECAUSE HE WAS PRESENT AT A BOXING MATCH IN WHICH A BOXER DIED AND LOUIS WAS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE LOCAL AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION'S HANDLING OF THIS AFFAIR. LOUIS IS UNEMPLOYED AND HAS A SERIES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN AUSTRALIA (FINGER-PRINT CLASSIFICATION : 13/22 UU 000/001 20/20 REFERS). HE HAS BEEN IN DETENTION HERE SINCE 4.1.1982. HIS AGGRESSIVE, UNCOOPERATIVE AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR COUPLED WITH HIS MISTRUST OF OFFICIALDOM AND A PERSECUTION COMPLEX NECESSITATED
HIS TRANSFER TO A PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE. MRS LOUIS WAS EQUALLY UNCOOPERATIVE WHILST IN DETENTION. HIS APPEAL TO THE IMMIGRATION
TRIBUNAL, PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR AND AN APPLICATION FOR AN
INJUNCTION TO THE HIGH COURT WERE ALL REJECTED. HIS WIFE AND 3
CHILDREN INCLUDING A HONG KONG BORN SON WERE REMOVED TO MELBOURNE ON 24.1.1982. DUE TO PROBLEMS OVER ESCORTING ARRANGEMENTS, LOUIS COULD NOT BE REMOVED TO MELBOURNE AS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED ON 22.1.198
HE WILL NOW BE REMOVED ON QF28 ON 5 FEBRUARY UNDER THE ESCORT OF TWO SECURITY GUARDS FROM QANTAS, A SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER AND A GOVERNMENT PSYCHIATRIST AND WILL BE MET BY POLICE ON ARRIVAL. THE SALVATION ARMY HAVE BEEN MOST HELPFUL IN HONG KONG AND ARE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HIS FAMILY IN MELBOURNE. IN VIEW OF HIS RECORD OF VIOLENCE HE SHOULD BE CATEGORISED AS PV UNDER CIRCULAR '0' 13/82. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION HERE HAS BAEN FULLY BRIEFED.
MACLEHOSE
MINIMAL
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON
Mr. William
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