CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FREETOWN TELNO 2
OF 22073OZ OCTOBER 92
INFO ROUTINE FCO, LISBON
CONFIDENTIAL
HKD 341/3
162676 MDLIAN 0134
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fo 23/10.
SALE OF SIERRA LEONE PASSPORTS IN HONG KONG.
SUMMARY
vic Prolicel D.
1. ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE CONCERNING THE SALE OF SIERRA LEONE PASSPORTS IN HONG KONG.
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2. BACKGROUND. ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1992 THE HONORARY CONSUL FOR SIERRA LEONE IN HONG KONG, MR DANNY LI, COMPLAINED TO THE HONG KONG POLICE THAT A MR FRANK YIU WAS ISSUING SIERRA LEONE PASSPORTS IN HONG KONG THROUGH A COMPANY NAMED CHAMPION FUND INVESTMENT LTD. THE POLICE RAIDED THIS COMPANY AND OTHER RELATED PREMISES AND IMPOUNDED 476 BLANK SIERRA LEONE PASSPORTS AND VARIOUS STAMPS USED TO PROCESS SIERRA LEONE PASSPORTS. OTHER DOCUMENTS IMPOUNDED DURING THE RAIDS SUGGESTED THAT YIU HAD BEEN NOMINATED AS HONORARY CONSUL FOR SIERRA LEONE IN MACAU.
3. THE MACAU AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT YIU HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS SIERRA LEONE HONORARY CONSUL BUT SAY THAT HIS APPOINTMENT HAS NOT/NOT YET BEEN RECOGNISED (ALTHOUGH THEY THINK THAT THIS WILL BE DONE FAIRLY SOON).
4. THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ASSIST THEIR ENQUIRIES BY SEEKING ANSWERS FROM THE SLG TO THE
FOLLOWING QUERIES:
(A) IS FRANK YIU AUTHORISED BY THE SLG TO ISSUE PASSPORTS IN
HONG KONG?
(B) IS FRANK YIU AUTHORISED BY THE SLG TO ISSUE PASSPORTS UNDER
THE TITLE OF PASSPORT CONTROL OFFICER, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE''?
(C) ARE THE 476 BLANK PASSPORTS IN FRANK YIU'S POSSESSION AUTHENTIC (THAT IS NOT/NOT IMPROPERLY OBTAINED)? THERE ARE TWO MAIN BATCHES OF BLANK PASSPORTS: SERIAL NUMBERS ARE 0175727 TO
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