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YRTELNO 1882 OF 1991: CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA ON CRIMINAL MATTERS

1. WE NOW HAVE A SECOND BATCH OF CASES WHICH WE HAVE CONSIDERED UNDER THE AGREED PROCEDURES. ONE, INVOLVING ONE PERSON, IS OF ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER: THE OTHER TWO, INVOLVING FOUR PERSONS, ARE OF ARMED ROBBERY. IN OUR VIEW THE CASES FALL SQUARELY WITHIN

THE POLICY OF CO-OPERATION WITH CHINA AND ARE UNLIKELY TO CAUSED

POLITICAL CONTROVERSY.

2. THE FIRST CASE IS OF ARMED ROBBERY BY FOUR MEN AT KING FOOK

JEWELLERY SHOP IN YAUMATEI ON 20 MARCH 1990. WHILE MAKING OFF

WITH THE HKD1.4 MILLION HAUL THE GROUP ENCOUNTERED A POLICE

PATROL WITH WHOM THEY EXCHANGED SHOTS. A PASSER-BY (AN OFF-DUTY IMMIGRATIONS OFFICER) WHO CAME TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POLICE, WAS KILLED, TWO OTHER PASSERS-BY AND ONE POLICE OFFICER SUSTAINED GUN SHOT WOUNDS. ONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ROBBER WAS ARRESTED AT THE

SCENE. HE AND FOUR HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO MASTER-MINDED THE

ROBBERY HAVE STOOD TRIAL AND BEEN CONVICTED.

3. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY INTERPOL CHINA THAT ONE SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN YUEXIU, GUANGZHOU AND ADMITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE MURDER AND ROBBERY. WE PROPOSE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE BY HANDING OVER A REPORT GIVING DETAILS OF THE CASE, STATEMENT BY THE MANAGER OF THE VICTIMISED SHOP WHICH HE HAS CONSENTED TO PROVIDE TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE, MEDICAL AND AUTOPSY REPORTS AND THE RESULT OF THE COURT TRIAL, ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT THAT HONG KONG IS OF THE VIEW THAT THE DEATH PENALTY SHOULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED IN HONG KONG.

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4. THE SECOND CASE IS OF ROBBERY BY FOUR MEN (THREE ARMED) AT THE

JANUARY 1991 OF GOODS TO THE VALUE OF HKD1.7 MILLION. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN HONG KONG. FOUR SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN YUEXIU, GUANGZHOU AND ADMITTED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ROBBERIES.

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