CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1730
OF 011112Z JUNE 90
HKB 177
FIVEC
1
UN 1990
SL
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
UKREP
173777
MDLIAN 5759
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MIPT: 1990 INCIDENTS IN HONG KONG WATERS
1. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE MAJOR INCIDENTS WHICH WE HAVE
RAISED WITH NCNA THIS YEAR:
BEGINS
9.1.90
A CHINESE PATROL VESSEL (CPV) WITH 5 CHINESE GREEN UNIFORMED OFFICERS OF SUM MUN BORDER DEFENCE UNIT, WAS STOPPED AT HEUNG LO PO OFF TOLO CHANNEL, SOME 20 KMS INSIDE HONG KONG WATERS. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE CPV REPORTED THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING
A SUSPECTED SMUGGLING SPEEDBOAT FROM CHINESE WATERS AND DID NOT
REALISE THEY HAD ENTERED HONG KONG WATERS. TWO RIFLES WERE SEEN IN
THE CPV.
(RAISED WITH NCNA ON 22 FEBRUARY. NCNA REPLIED ON 9 MAY THAT THE BOAT HAD LOST ITS WAY IN THE DARK.)
16.1.90
A POLICE LAUNCH OBSERVED GONG BIAN 146 RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED IN WEST LAMMA CHANNEL, 3 KMS INSIDE HONG KONG WATERS, AND INTERCEPTING A HONG KONG FISHING VESSEL. THREE CHINESE UNIFORMED MEN WENT ON BOARD THE HONG KONG FISHING VESSEL. THE POLICE LAUNCH APPROACHED THEM AND INSTRUCTED BOTH CPV AND HONG KONG FISHING VESSEL TO STOP BUT THE CREW OF THE CPV REFUSED TO STOP AND BRANDISHED THEIR WEAPONS. THEY TOOK THE HONG KONG FISHING VESSEL OUT OF HONG KONG WATERS.
(RAISED WITH NCNA ON 17 JANUARY WHO REPLIED ON 30
JANUARY THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE. THE FISHING VESSEL WAS RETURNED ON 4 FEBRUARY.)
17.1.90
A CONFISCATED EX-HONG KONG PLEASURE CRAFT NO 23719 WITH
6 CHINESE UNIFORMED MEN ON BOARD WAS STOPPED TWICE WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS ONE MILE NE OF LUN KWU CHAU, 3 KMS INSIDE HONG KONG WATERS. THEY GAVE THE REASON THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SUSPICIOUS
SPEEDBOATS IN THE AREA. THIS VESSEL WAS OBSERVED LEAVING HONG KONG WATERS TO SHEKOU AT 0830 HRS.
(RAISED AT BORDER LIAISON REVIEW MEETING ON 7 FEBRUARY.
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