23-MAR-1930 16:44
PROTUCUL DIVISTUN
LEGAL DEFT. 852 869 0236
892 321 7621
EZD PUSY VI
P.02
Arrest of Venezuelan Consular Officer in Hong Kong
In your
memorandum of the 13th March addressed to Mrs. Link, Protocol Department, you requested details from the HKD of the offences allegedly committed by Mr. Ramirez together with details of the maximum penalties available it
Ramirez was convicted in
The details are as Hong Kong.
follows:
(a)
of payments
between US$1,000
and
There is evidence from a number of accomplices that Ramirez (as the acting Consul General) solicited
and accepted US$2,000 from Hong Kong middlemen as a corrupt reward for issuing tourist visas to citizens of the Peoples Republic
These bribes were
solicited and accepted between August and December
1989.
of
China.
(b)
It
is believed that Ramirez issued in excess of 150 visas in respect of which he received approximately US$175,000.
(c)
The
(a)
applicants who
obtained such visas transited
Hong Kong еп route to Venezuela and upon their arrival became illegal residents. There is aggravating evidence which suggests that many of the visa applications were baged on spurious
documentation.
At all material times the official fee charged for
a tourist visa was US$10.
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