PS/Mr Goodlad
HKA 385/1
COVERING CONFIDENTIAL
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JUN 1993
Date:
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M
SF Howarth
Consular Department
2 June 1993
APS/Mr Lennox-Boyd
Mr Alston
Mr Tansley, SEAD Mr Baker, HRPD
Miss Paris, HKD
Dr Young,
Legal Advisers Mr Macadie, News Dept
WONG CHI SHING
HONG KONG CITIZEN FACING DEATH SENTENCE IN VIETNAM FOLLOWING CONVICTION ON DRUGS CHARGES
PROBLEM
1.
A British Dependent Territories Citizen from Hong Kong, Mr Wong Chi Shing, has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug smuggling. The judicial process has been exhausted. Should we appeal for clemency?
RECOMMENDATION
2.
I recommend that we appeal. I also recommend that
Mr Goodlad raise the case when he sees the Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister on 7 June. I submit a draft telegram to Hanoi. SEAD and HRPD agree.
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
A 3. Background is given in FCO telno 99 and Hanoi telno 224.
Guidance on appeals for clemency in cases where the death penalty has been imposed is at flag B. If Ministers agree, the telegram should issue today.
Alamat
SF Howarth
COVERING CONFIDENTIAL
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