12-FEB-1993 11:40
POLITICAL ADVISOR OFFICE
+852 531 8702
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PAC(C) 1/3371/86 PAC(C) 1/4731/49
Mr. Tsim Tai Hing
Aged 36
HK ID Card No. H384195(4)
HK Resident Since 1981
You will recall that we raised the above case with
you on 9 January 1992. On 17 January 1992 you confirmed that the above-named was detained in Shenzhen on 27 May 1990 for
spying for Taiwan. Subsequently on 5 June 1990 the Hainan Procuratorate ordered that he be formally arrested but that
The case had not yet gone to court. Since then, we have not
been informed of further details.
Recently the above-named's wife, Madam Lau Ah-kuk has again written to us requesting our assistance for the release of her husband. She was particularly anxious to learn the whereabouts of her husband and requested that he be brought to
fair trial as soon as possible.
Hong Kong Government would be grateful to be updated on this case. We understand that the legal limit for detaining a person without trial in China is three months, after which the detainee must be charged, except in exceptional circumstances. We would like to know whether Mr. Tsim is still being held in Hainan and whether he has been charged by the Hainan authorities if so, with what? If not, then the above-named should be brought to fair trial as scon
as possible.
Political Adviser's office 11 February 1993
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