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ICAC INTEREST IN CHINESE LAND COMMISSION MEMBER.

1. IN CONNEXION WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE

OVERSEAS TRUST BANK (OTB), THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST

CORRUPTION (ICAC) WISH TO INTERVIEW TIMPSON CHUNG SHIU-MING.

CHUNG IS A HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN WHO FORMERLY WORKED FOR COOPERS AND LYBRAND, WHO ACTED AS AUDITORS TO OTB. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE LAND COMMISSION AND ENJOYS DIPLOMATIC

IMMUNITY. ICAC'S INTEREST IN HIM IS AS A WITNESS, NOT (NOT) AS A SUSPECT.

2. GIVEN THE POSSIBLE SENSITIVITY OVER CHUNG'S DIPLOMATIC STATUS WE PROPOSE THAT, AS A FIRST STEP, WOOD (ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER I) SHOULD SPEAK TO HIM, EXPLAIN ICAC'S INTERST IN HIM, POINT OUT THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO DECLINE TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT SAY THAT WE

VERY MUCH HOPE THAT HE COULD HELP. WOOD WOULD TELL HIM THAT, IF HE AGREED TO HELP, POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE WOULD FIRST PUT NCNA IN THE PICTURE AND ICAC WOULD THEN CONTACT CHUNG DIRECT.

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