CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 2462
OF 060249Z AUGUST 91
MKB 380/3
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Mr Ricnday,
thours.
низ
155704
MDLIAN 0902
la
(ours)
CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA ON CRIMINAL MATTERS
SUMMARY
1. WE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SPECIFIED TYPES OF ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CHINA, WITHOUT SEEKING AN ASSURANCE THAT THE DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT BE CARRIED OUT. THIS WILL BE CONFINED TO CASES WHERE PRC CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT HONG KONG
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CHINA ON SUSPICION OF
COMMITTED SPECIFIED
DETAIL
BACKGROUND
CRIMES IN HONG KONG.
HAVING
2. WE FACE AN INCREASING PROBLEM OF ARMED ROBBERIES AND OTHER
CRIMES OF VIOLENCE BEING COMMITTED IN HONG KONG BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WHO SUBSEQUENTLY RETURN TO CHINA BEFORE THEY CAN BE APPREHENDED. AS A EXAMPLE, FOUR MEN ARMED WITH SEMI- AUTOMATIC PISTOLS ROBBED A JEWELLER'S SHOP IN YAUMATEI IN MARCH 1990. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT PURSUIT, THE MEN OPENED FIRE KILLING ONE PERSON AND WOUNDING A POLICE CONSTABLE AND TWO OTHER PERSONS. TOW PRC CITIZENS, WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE TWO OF THE MEN INVOLVED, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, WHO HAVE EXTRA- TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN SUCH CASES. TWO GUNS WERE FOUND IN
THEIR POSSESSION. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE A SAMPLE OF THE
BULLETS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.
3. IN THIS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER RECENT CASES, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE SOUGHT OUR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE WHICH WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BRING THE ACCUSED TO TRIAL. IN MOST OF THESE CASES, THE OFFENCES CARRY A POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY. WHEN WE ASKED THE CHINESE FOR AN ASSURANCE ON THE DEATH PENALTY, THEY DECLINED TO GIVE IT, SAYING THAT THE COURTS WOULD DECIDE THE SENTENCE ON THE BASIS OF THE EVIDENCE. IF WE ARE TO INSIST ON SUCH AN ASSURANCE, THE LIKELY RESULT WILL BE THAT WE
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