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MIPT: LETTER FROM THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA: STATUS OF PRISONERS IN
1997
FOLLOWING IS REMAINDER OF TEXT.
MY CONCERN IS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT DOES NOT, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE IN THE ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES OF QUOTE ECONOMIC CRIME UNQUOTE PREVENT THE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANY CRIME COMMITTEED IN HONG KONG AFTER APRIL 1ST 1982 OR INDEED IN THE CASE OF OFFENDERS EXTRADITED FROM UK TO HK PREVENT ADDITIONAL CHARGES BEING LAID BY THE HKSAR POST 1997.
I WONDER, IN VIEW OF THE DETAILS I HAVE ELUCIDATED TO EXPLAIN MY CONCERN, YOU ARE ABLE, IN ADDITION TO ASSURANCES ALREADY REQUESTED ABOVE, TO CONFIRM THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NEGOTIATED, AND THAT THE BASIC LAW OF THE HKSAR WILL CONTAIN GUARANTEES THAT WILL ENSURE THAT ANY FUGITIVE RETURNED TO HONG KONG, UNDER PROVISIONS OF FOA 1967, BEFORE 1997, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SURRENDERED TO SOVEREIGN POWER OF PRC WILL SEMICOLON
1. NOT BE CHARGED WITH ANY OFFENCE OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN
4(3) A.B.C. OF FOA 1967.
2. BE GUARANTEED THE RIGHTS EMBODIED IN 4(3) OF FOA 1967.
3. NOT FACE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANY OFFENCE COMMITTEED BEFORE
1997.
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