TNAG-2284-FCO40-3285-Capital-punishment-in-Hong-Kong-1991 — Page 95

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4102 CONSUL G

827571 FCOHSP G

ZCZC

HPCRAN 9628 SMHPAN 5505

UNCLASSIFIED

00 DISTR

FM SINGA TO HKIMM

0507352 APR

GRS 136

UNCLASSIFIED

FM SINGAPORE

TO IMMEDIATE IMMIG HONG KONG

TELNO 89

OF 0507352 APRIL 91

AND TO IMMEDIATE CONSULAR DEPT.

25.

MMB 38011

RECL

- 9 APR 1991

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TSANG YUK CHUNG

1. TSANG WAS HANGED AT 0600 LOCAL (GMT+7) THIS MORNING. THE CREMATION TOOK PLACE AT 1200.

2. CONSUL VISITED TSANG YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE APPEARED REASONABLY CALM BUT EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING POSSIBLE BUREAUCRATIC IMPEDIMENTS TO THE TRANSFER OF HIS ASHES TO HONG KONG. CONSUL SET HIS MIND AT REST PROMISING THAT ALL FORMALITIES WOULD BE PROPERLY ATTENDED TO.

3. OTHER VISITORS INCLUDED TSANG'S NEPHEW, THE PRISON CHAPLAIN THE REV. KHOO, DR.PAN, A DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY WHO HAD BEEN TSANG'S COUNSELLOR OVER THE PAST MONTHS AND JOHN LEE, HEAD OF THE PRISON FELLOWSHIP IN SINGAPORE.

4. THE REV. KHOO AND DR. PAN STAYED WITH TSANG THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND REV. KHOO WAS WITH HIM AT THE EXECUTION.

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SMHPAN 5505

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887571 FCOHSP G# 919102 CONSUL G

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