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026636 MDHIAN 1768
HKD 243 18
RECEIVED IN Rec
31 AUG
TOP COPY Q DIST 7
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 31130OZ FCO
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TELNO 3200
OF 31120OZ AUGUST 88
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: HEI LING CHAU DISTURBANCES
1. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED A REPORT OF THE INTERNAL CSD INQUIRY INTO
THE ALLEGATIONS OF ILL-TREATMENT OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE FOLLOWING
THE DISTURBANCES AT HEI LING CHAU ON 19 JULY. THE REPORT
FINDS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ALLEGATIONS. BUT IT IS AN INTERNAL
DOCUMENT AND NOT WRITTEN IN A WAY WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION. ALSO, BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT, THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE ATTACKS, PARTICULARY INTERNATIONALLY ON ITS IMPARTIALITY. I THEREFORE FEEL THAT SOME FORM OF INDEPENDENT INQUIRY WILL BE NECESSARY TO CLEAR THE AIR.
2. ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING IS A NON-JUDICIAL
INQUIRY HEADED BY AN OUTSIDE EXPERT REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ME.
AN OTHER IS A SIMILAR INQUIRY HEADED BY A LOCAL MAGISTRATE ASSISTED BY TWO JPS, AGAIN REPORTING DIRECTLY TO ME.
3. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE, DESKBY 010030Z ON WHETHER THERE IS UK EXPERTISE AVAILABLE ON WHICH WE MIGHT DRAW, SUCH AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE PRISONS INSPECTORATE WITH EXPERIENCE OF INVESTIGATING PRISON DISTRUBANCES. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN ANY CASE TO KNOW HOW DISTURBANCES IN THE UK, EG THE RECENT PRISON RIOTS, ARE INVESTIGATED.
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