CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES RE MALAYSIAN IMPRISONMENT OF CON SIEW TAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00148R000300750027-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2010
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 2, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES RE: MALAYSIAN
IMPRISONMENT OF OON SIEW TAN
1. ON BEHALF __OF A$,CONSTITUTENT. SENATORS SLAD~ GORTON.,.
AND HENRY':JACKSON HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT THE STATUS OF A
MR. OON SIEW TAN. IN AN ACCOMPANYING LETTER TO THE
SENATORS. THE CONSTITUTENT DESCRIBED MR.! CON AS A
"PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE", AND NOTED THAT MALAYSIAN
AUTHORITIES HAD NEITHER REPLIED TO NOR ACKNOWLEDGED
INQUIRIES REGARDING THE CASE. ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTENT, "MR. DON HAS NOT ADVOCATED OR USED
VIOLENCE. HE HAS NOW BEEN DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE OR
TRIAL FOR OVER TEN YEARS. HE IS HELD AT THE BATU GAJAH
SPECIAL DETENTION CAMP WHERE CONDITIONS ARE KNOWN TO BE
DEPLORABLE."
2. REQUEST EMBASSY LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND PROVIDE
DEPARTMENT (EA/IMBS) A REPORT WHICH WE WILL TRANSMIT TO
THE SENATORS. STOESSEL
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