Defend
Lau San-ching
Lau San-ching has been an activist in the social movement in Hong Kong for
Since 1979 he has played a central role in the solidarity movement
Socialist Democracy Movement (SCDM).
In April 1981 the Chinese government initiated an unprecedented wave of repression against leaders of the various unofficial journals of the SCM. In response the SCDM solidarity group in Hong Kong led a campaign of denuncia.
The Chinese government then began to extend its repression towards the Hong Kong group.
Lau San-ching went to Canton on December 24, 1981, to visit the families of members of the SCDM. He expected to return on December 27 but did not, and no news has been received from him attempts to trace him through official channels failed. when a member of Lau's family went to the Bureau of Public Security in Canton in March 1982 was the fact of his arrest confirmed verbally. The Chinese authorities stated that Lau had 'broken the law' and that he 'is now undergoing investigation and no one can see him'.
A defence committee has been formed and funds raised to demand the release of Lau. When the defence committee and Lau San-ching's parents met the New China News Agency, the local representative of the People's Republic of China, it was implied that Lau had been transferred from Canton to another
Thus, it seems likely that Lau has already been tried and sentenced period for which he has been held is already far longer than the three months allowed for investigation in the penal code. Also a Hong Kong student group which visited Peking, and asked for the release of the SCM members, was informed that they had been arrested under a special penal code adopted by the Peo. ple's Congress, of which no details have
An international campaign for the release of comrade Lau San-ching is ur-
For further information contact: Lau San-ching Defence Committee, Box 89278, Kowloon City Post Office,