European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a the stars and stripes saturday March 17,1990 Hong Kong drafts rights Bill before China takes Over Rule Hong Kong apr the government on Friday unveiled a draft of the first Bill of rights for Hong Kong seeking to reassure citizens that human rights will be protected after the territory reverts to chinese Rule in 1997. The proposed Bill of rights will not however have Legal precedence Over Laws or the Constitution under which China will govern Hong Kong after the communist chinese takeover. China has stated repeatedly it would Amend or repeal any Laws inconsistent with the Basic Law which was completed by a Hong Kong Chi Csc committee last month and is expected to be approved by China a legislature. Beijing has pledged to guard human rights in Hong Kong and retain this British Colony Slegal and capitalistic systems for 50 years after 1997. The proposed Bill of rights amends the colonial Constitution to incorporate the provisions of the International covenant on civil and political rights that apply to the Colony. A the Bill of rights As the embodiment of the covenant. Will be the Benchmark by which All Laws enacted in Hong Kong will be tested a said Secretary for constitutional affairs Michael such. Suen said it would be almost a impossible and very complicated to repeal the Bill. However the Bill was criticized by some members Bonn West Germany apr the government Friday said it would not tolerate threats against germans living in Libya following a Blaze at a suspected chemical weapons Plant there. Libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi said an investigation was under Way to determine whether West German intelligence agents had anything to do with wednesdays fire at the rata Plant which suffered extensive damage. West Germany denied responsibility. Jurgen Chrobot chief spokesman for the foreign ministry said he knew of no specific threats against West Germany or its citizens but an angry crowd gathered in front of the West German embassy in Tripoli Libya on thursday. A we expect there will be restraint from All threats against German citizens in Libya a Chrobot said. The United states and West Germany say the Plant had begun producing Poison Gas but Libya insists the factory was making pharmaceuticals. West Germany eventually acknowledged that West German companies helped build the Plant. West Germany Sard television network has said its Cairo Egypt office received a statement from a previously unknown group of libyan dissidents claiming responsibility for the Blaze. A the Federal government decisively rejects the libyan attempt to blame the Federal Republic of Germany for the lire at rata a Chrobot said Friday. A we especially do Adelaide Australia apr a preliminary hearing involving the first person to be charged in Australia with world War ii War crimes will move to the soviet Union in july to hear further evidence court officials said Friday. Magistrate Peter Kelly adjourned the hearing against Ivan Timoc Yovich poly Khovich to the ukrainian City of Kovno on july 2 following an application from australians department of Public prosecution. The hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to Send him to trial. Poly Khovich a 73-Ycar-old Adelaide pensioner has been charged with 24 counts of murder and being knowingly involved in the deaths of 850 other people. The charges the first levelled under the Federal governments War crimes legislation involve the deaths of about 850 jews near the ukrainian town of Crnicki in 1942. Poly Khovich arrested and charged in late Jan of the Hong Kong lawmaking legislative Council. Lawmaker Martin Lee called the document a unacceptable Quot because he said it could be changed by future Legislatures. Legislator Jimmy Mcgregor told the government funded radio Hong Kong that the draft was not in the Best interest of the people because it upsets the a balance of advantage among existing legislation and could be easily repealed by the government after 1997. The Bill allows for anyone who feels his rights have been violated to seek redress in any court or tribunal in the territory. In an emergency the Bill gives the government the right to take actions that would infringe on the civil rights covenant but these measures could not restrict certain Basic rights such As the right of life or Freedom of conscience and religion. The government Hopes to enact the Bill in july. The government decided to include in the Bill All the human rights provisions now dealt with in various ordinances because of mounting concern in Hong Kong that China would renege on its pledges after 1997. Confidence in those pledges has evaporated since Beijing a june 3-4 military crackdown on the student led chinese movement for democratic reforms. A ounce any attempt to Rouse up libyans against  a Day earlier a demonstration by libyans briefly blocked Access to the West German embassy in Tripoli. The West German foreign ministry summoned a High ranking libyan Diplomat in Bonn and formally protested the action. West Germany is one of libyans biggest trading partners. Another government official in Bonn said on condition of anonymity that it appeared Qadhafi blamed West Germany for the fire because of West Germany a efforts to promote an International outcry against the Plant. Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher had recommended the . Security Council look into any chemical weapons production at the rata Plant. The West German official said Genscher also sent letters to Secretary of state James Baker and to the foreign ministers of France and Britain pressing for International pressure to close the rata Plant. For More than 14 months the United states has accused Libya of using the Plant to make chemical weapons including Mustard and nerve gases. Last week the White House said the Plant was dangerous and should be shut Down. The White House refused to Rule out the possibility of military action to close it. Libya was accused of using chemical weapons in a War against Chad. Charges by the United states that West German companies helped build the rata Plant caused a major scandal in West Germany a Little More than a year ago. Uary has not entered a plea and has been remanded on continuing bail of 15,000. Prosecutor Grant Niemann said witnesses would be summoned from the Ukraine. He said it was possible the hearing could take evidence from Israel East and West Germany and the United states but prosecutors would examine other less costly methods before any submission to move the court would be made. Defense lawyer David Stokes did not object to the Transfer of the hearing but said poly Khovich would not go to the soviet Union because of his age and health. Stokes told the Adelaide magistrates court he might need More time to prepare his clients defense and he May apply to have the soviet hearings postponed by up to a month. He also confirmed the defense was preparing a High court Challenge to the australian governments War crimes legislation which he hoped would be heard in june. World Toda Holland wont let painting leave country after Sale Paris apr a rare wat Creolor by Vin cent Van Gogh will go to the auction Block Here tuesday but the government will not allow it to leave the country a culture ministry spokesman said thursday. Under a 1941 Law an artwork judged As contributing to the a National heritage May be denied an exit visa. In most cases the ruling significantly Lowers the works Market value. The Sale will take place at the prestigious drouot montaigne auction House. The Watercolour entitled a a los  the rooftops was painted by Van Gogh in 1882. Just before he settled in Paris and is a View from his studio window in the Hague the dutch  group asks Turkey to protect refugees Ankara Turkey apr an iranian opposition group on thursday demanded Protection for refugees in Turkey following the shooting of an iranian allegedly by agents of the islamic Republic. Gunmen stopped the car of Hossein Mir Abedini wednesday on the Way to the Airport in Istanbul ordered him out and shot him in the stomach according to police. Abedini was in critical condition after emergency surgery police said. The assailants got away. The iranian opposition group people s Mujahedin sent a Telegram to president Turgut Ozal asking that the assailants be caught and prosecuted. In the Telegram Mujahedin Leader Massoud Raja i said Abedini was a member of his organization and had been shot on direct orders of Iran a consulate in Istanbul. There Are about 1 million iranian refugees in Turkey and there have been four assassinations in the past by rival  on Oil Tanker kills 4 in Singapore Singapore apr an explosion thursday ripped through a norwegian registered Oil Tanker killing at least four people and injuring two officials said. Boats and helicopters reportedly rescued 62 people. A fire caused by the blast was extinguished and the cause of the explosion on the 105.633-ton Happy traveler was under investigation a port of Singapore authority official said. The Singapore broadcasting corp. Quoted Marine police As saying three of the dead and both of the injured were singaporeans. The nationality of the fourth fatality was not immediately , soviet Union renew official relations Vatican City apr the Vatican and the soviet Union established official pcs thursday for the first time since the i russian revolution. The Vatican announcement said the ties Lull Short of full diplomatic relations and will consist of an Exchange of official representatives. Spokesman Joaquim Navarro described tin ties As a pre diplomatic relations a the dec Sion was made during the historic Nice i k Here in december Between Pope John i a and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev the Pope has Long sought to establish tues with the soviet Union. Bonn ministry warns Libya on threats to German citizens australian War crimes hearing to reconvene in soviet Union