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FM FCO 191915Z NOVEMBER 1982

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 976 OF 19 NOVEMBER 1982

AND TO PRIORITY MONROVIA

YOUR TEL NO 1311: EXTRADITION OF LAM WAI-TING

1. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MONROVIA TEL NO 105 REFERRING TO SIMILAR

CASE OF TSUI SHUI LEONG. AMBASSADOR (WHO IS IN LONDON AT

PRESENT) INFORMS US THAT TSUI WAS RELEASED AFTER RELATIVELY

SHORT PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT. IF PRESENT CASE IS ON ALL FOURS

WITH THAT OF TSUI THERE SEEMS NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD NOT PROCEED

ALONG SAME LINES. THIS, OF COURSE, PRESUPPOSES THAT MONROVIA

HAVE NO REASON TO QUESTION THE CONDUCT OF TSUI'S TRIAL OR HIS

PRISON CONDITIONS.

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HOWEVER, DESPITE ADVICE IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF MONROVIA'S

TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE YOU WILL NO DOUBT WISH TO RAISE DIRECT

WITH LIBERIAN AUTHORITIES QUESTION OF LIKELY SENTENCE AND CONFIRMATION THAT DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT BE CARRIED OUT SHOULD

LAM BE SURRENDERED AND CONVICTED. WE ASSUME THIS WAS DONE IN

TSUI'S CASE.

3. AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, REID CONSIDERS PRESENT STANDARDS ARE QUITE ACCEPTABLE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION ON ONE

POINT, OF WHICH HE DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, VIZ THAT

DEFENDANT WOULD BE ABLE TO APPOINT A ́ LAWYER OF HIS CHOICE TO

BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT PROCEEDINGS.

4.

ON THE QUESTION OF MINISTERIAL APPROVAL, IF YOU CONSIDER IN THE LIGHT OF ANY DEFENCE ARGUMENTS ABOUT CONDITIONS IN LIBERIA

THAT TO RETURN SUBJECT THERE WOULD LEAD TO POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS AS FAR AS HMG IS CONCERNED, YOU SHOULD REPORT ACCORDINGLY BEFORE YOU DECIDE ON RETURN.

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