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G W Hewitt

South East Asian Department

5 May 1992

PS/PUS

Sir J Coles

Mr Ricketts, HKD

Mr Eaton, Legal Counsellor

Mr Underwood, C7 Division,

Home Office

Mr Burns

PS/Mr Goodlad

Private Secretary

HKD 384/1

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LORRAIN OSMAN

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Problem

A 1.

B

Dr S Watts of Oxford Polytechnic has written to the Secretary of State as his MP, enclosing a "fact sheet" from the Free Lorrain Osman Campaign. Mr Alan Haselhurst MP has written to

Mr Lennox-Boyd, enclosing a constituent's letter which covers a copy of the same document. How to reply?

Recommendation

2.

I recommend that the Secretary of State send a brief reply to Dr Watts, making clear that the matters raised have been considered

exhaustively in the courts. I recommend that Mr Goodlad reply similarly to Mr Haselhurst. I submit draft letters.

3. HKD, Legal Advisers and the Home Office concur.

Background

4.

Lorrain Osman, a Malaysian businessman, has been held on remand

in the UK, pending extradition to Hong Kong to face charges of serious fraud and corruption, since December 1985. Mr Osman has

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