I promised, when we met on 19 December 1990, to look into the question whether Lorraine E. Osman might serve any sentence in a Malaysian or even British jail. You later wrote to me to ask whether he might be returned to Pentonville or some other prison from Brixton where he is now being detained.
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On the first point, I understand that arrangements exist in the Commonwealth under which it would be
possible for Osman to serve any sentence delivered in
Hong Kong in Malaysia, provided that Malaysia has enacted domestic legislation to accommodate such a transfer. a transfer to be effected, both Governments, in this
case your own Government and that of Hong Kong, would have to agree. The arrangements for the transfer may only be undertaken after sentencing in Hong Kong and the completion of any appeal procedures. I am sure you will wish to ask your Law Officers to look into this in great. detail and to liaise with the Hong Kong legal authorities if a transfer after sentencing looks feasible.
Against the possibility that such a transfer may prove impossible to arrange, and since Mr Osman's main
argument for not wishing to serve any sentence in Hong Kong seems to be his fear that he could be transferred to mainland China if he was still in prison after 1997, when Hong Kong reverts to the People's Republic of China, or that the PRC would retrospectively increase his sentence or add further charges after 1997, you might find the following information helpful.
As regards the possibility that If convicted, and it Mr Osman's prison term could extend beyond 1 July 1997, he would
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