HC Deb 12 November 1998 vol 319 cc281-2W
Mr. Singh

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the detention without trial in Mirpur of Ghazanfer Ali. [59093]

Mr. Fatchett

I raised Mr. Ali's case with Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry of "Azad" Kashmir on 19 May and made clear our concern that he should receive a speedy and fair trial. On 31 October Mr. Ali was acquitted on one charge of murder and ordered by the Judge to pay Rupees 325,000 in respect of another. He has now been released.