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Your Reference PO 9967/1
June 26, 2001
Dear Sir,
I have just received your undated letter to Mrs Lait MP with the
above reference. While this provides useful information it does
not address the question I wrote to Paul Boateng in connection
with. To make sure there can be no ambiguity, I will spell it out
for you:
Satpal Ram's supporters have claimed repeatedly that he has been
subjected to systematic physical and psychological abuse. Among
other things they have circulated through the Internet and main-
stream media a photograph of his face which they claim - or infer
- was the result of brutality by prison officers. They claim that
on at least one occasion the police have been called in to in-
vestigate such allegations.
I am writing to ask what is the Home Office position on these
allegations. I am not asking for a detailed answer but some sort
of reply is surely in order.
I would also like to know why the Prisons Minister ignored the
three letters I sent him: the first was posted; the second was
delivered by hand to the House; the third was E-mailed. They were
all couched in moderate language, and it is surely incumbent upon
a Minister to reply to a member of the public on such an issue
without having to pester his MP.
Yours sincerely,
A Baron
cc Mrs Lait
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