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SATISFIED AS TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PENAL CONDITIONS
IN LIBERIA. LIBERIA APPEARS TO IMPOSE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FPR
SOME OFFENCES. WHETHER MURDER INCLUDED SHOULD BE CLEAR FROM
DOCUMENTS IN HONG KONG: MONROVIA PLEASE COMMENT. THE HOME
SECRETARY WOULD SEEK AN EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE OF COMMUTATION INTO
A LIFE SENTENCE, AND INFORMATION ON LIKELIHOOD OF AN EXECUTION
BEING CARRIED OUT.
5. SINCE THE FUGITIVE IS A HONG KONG SUBJECT, ARTICLE 3
PROVIDES A DISCRETION ON SURRENDER OF NATIONALS. ALTHOUGH AS
GENERAL PRINCIPLE UK GRANTS EXTRADITION OF OWN NATIONALS, DOMESTIC POLITICAL REPURCUSSIONS ARE BORNE IN MIND.
6. IT IS ASSUMED FROM PAPERS HONG KONG CANNOT PROSECUTE
ITSELF.
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COPIES TO: MR HILL, HOME OFFICE
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