REVIEW OF ORDER OF DETENTION OF MR JEK YUEN THONG

Mr Lee Kuan Yew: To ask the Chief Secretary when a review of the order of detention under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance, 1955, of Mr Jek Yuen Thong is to be made; and whether, for that review, there will be made available to the Reviewing Officer for his consideration the written statement which has been submitted by or on behalf of Mr Jek Yuen Thong to the Appeal Tribunal."

Pursuant to Standing Order 16 (2), the Chief Secretary supplied the following answer.-

"As the Hon. Member will be aware,the Detention Order of Mr Jek Yuen Thong has been suspended. His case will be reviewed, as required by section 8 of the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance, within six months of this sus pension order. The answer to the second part of the Hon. Member's question is `Yes, Sir'."