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MDLIAN 237
5. THE THIRD CASE IS OF ARMED ROBBERY BY FIVE MEN AT THE SING KWONG JEWELLERY SHOP IN YAUMATEI ON 1 APRIL 1991 OF GOODS TO THE VALUE OF HKDO.7 MILLION. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN HONG KONG. THE SAME FOUR MEN AS IN THE SECOND CASE
HAVE ADMITTED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE.
6. FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD CASES WE PROPOSE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE BY HANDING OVER FOR EACH CASE A REPORT GIVING DETAILS OF THE CASE, CCTV VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE PROCESS OF THE ROBBERY, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE, VICTIMS AND WITNESSES STATEMENTS (CONSENT TO HAND OVER FOR WHICH HAS BEEN OBTAINED) AND FINGERPRINT REPORTS AND IMPRESSIONS, 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.
7. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS IN HONG KONG HAS NOTED
THAT THE MATERIAL REQUESTED, SAVE FOR THE REPORTS, IS OF PROBATIVE VALUE TO THE CASES AND THAT THE EVIDENCE IS OF THE KIND THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY IN HONG KONG TO PROVE THE CASES. THE REPORTS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASES. NO UNFAIRNESS WOULD BE CAUSED TO THE ACCUSED PERSONS BY THE TRANSMISSION OF THESE MATERIALS. HE HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THE
MATERIAL MAY LAWFULLY BE TRANSMITTED.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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