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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 745
OF 11094OZ MARCH 86
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
13 MAR 1906
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INFO PRIORITY PORT LOUIS
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AS THE FCO, BUT NOT PORT LOUIS, WILL BE AWARE, THE ICAC ARRESTED ON 20 FEBRUARY A NUMBER OF PROMINENT HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN IN CONNECTION WITH AN ILLEGAL BOOKMAKING SYNDICATE, WHICH HAD BEEN SEEKING TO FIX THE RESULTS OF HORSE RACES ORGANISED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB, WHOSE TOTE BETTING SYSTEM IS THE ONLY LEGAL FORM OF GAMBLING HIN HONG KONG. THE SCANDAL HAS BEEN HEADLINE NEWS IN HONG KONG FOR SOME TIME. IDENTITIES OF THOSE APRESTED HAVE NOT (NOT) BEEN DISCLOSED
PUBLICLY.
2. ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE SYNDICATE IS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST
USUALLY PROMINENT TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS, MR. YANG YUAN LOONG, KNOWN AS Y.L. YANG. YANG HAS SET UP TEXTILE FACTORIES IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES OUTSIDE HONG KONG, INCLUDING ONE IN MAURITIUS. HIS CONNECTIONS IN MAURITIUS HAVE ENABLED HIM TO SECURE REGISTRATION AS A MAURITIUS CITIZEN. HE HAS TWO MAURITIUS PASSPORTS, ONE ORDINARY, NUMBER 225753, AND ONE DIPLOMATIC, NUMBER 00986. YANG IS NOT (NOT) MN ANY ACCREDITED IN HONG KONG AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAURITIUS GOVERNMENT, NOR ANYWHERE ELSE TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE.
3. IT IS LIKELY TO BE ANOTHER TWO MONTHS BEFORE THOSE ARRESTED CAN BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL. THE CAC WOULD PREFER, IF POSSIBLE, TO KEEP THEIR IDENTITIES SECRET UNTIL THEN. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT YANG HAS ACQUIRED A DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT FROM THE MAURITIUS GOVERNMENT, YOU AND PORT LOUIS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER LETTING THE MAURITIUS AUTHORITIES KNOW THAT HE IS LIKELY TO BE CHARGED WITH SERIOUS OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ILLEGAL BETTING SYNDICATE. IF YOU SO DECIDE, GRATEFUL TO KNOW BY TELEGRAM, PREFERABLY BY 21 MARCH, WHEN AND TO WHOM THE APPROACH WILL BE MADE.
4. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF PORT LOUIS WERE ABLE TO DISCOVER DETAILS OF THE SCALE AND NATURE OF Y.L. YANG'' OPERATIONS IN MAURTITIUS. WE SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
A. THE VALUE OF HIS INVESTMENT:
B. THE SCALE AND DESTINATION OF EXPORTS FROM HIS FACTORIES:
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C. THE SHIPPING ROUTES AND CARPIERS USED FOR HIS EXPORTS, THE FREQUENCY OF SHIPMENTS.
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WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY BE A FULL ORDER, BUT SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION.
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