'File 5/18 Lesser Members of Al Khalifah Family' [‎63ar] (125/186)

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The Political --^cnt:
Bahrain.
Persian Oulf,
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TO The Halh'ble tM *oliti ee .t Kceideiit
In the Persian '^ulf , .cuenirc
Sir,
I have the honour io report that Ali Lin Khalid ,who was
sentenced to hani^ment fcr life from Baj ^in.f or hio Jarticipatio
in the first Sitrah outragejhas just recently returned to ^uhrain
without txic 31iaik f g p <srrai33ion & without warning. It ..ill be re
collected that when first sentenced he waa sont to India where he
for 3one time lived in great confort at the expense of Shaii iianad
&.ter vhen the scale of his expenditure vae cist down, he left India
lb went to Kuwait & later to ^ atar.
Shaik rlaiaad had him arrested when ne returned here t "brought oefor
his court. He decided to rescind' the original ore r for banishcient
but sentenced hin to six months imprisonjent for brcaicin^ the
previous order of the court with-jut perTiiisyion & further passed an
order to the effect that on release frorc jrison he ahould reside ±
in Llc -uiameh or *uharraq ^ not be permitted to visit Pafa* or bitrah
the scenes of his crine,
I thinic perhaps this is the b ^et solution that c ->uid be
made of a difficuJ.t position. Although, the punishmsnt of ai^ month
imprlsoilment for a particularly dastardly murder caanot be coii^ia-
ered adequate from our point of vie.", the fact that a neribtr of A1
Khalifeh can be sent to prison at all is co rcvoi .-l tionar: that it
cannot fail to have much moral effect on tadly be],a. ed members of
the t amily . The shaile is a little Inclined to r pent for his
hardihood in the matter Is to attempt to suggest all sorts of
mitigation of prison routine which would make the i-prison ent a
complete farce,but it is to be hoped that Mr Belgrave will b^ able
to i:eep him up to the mark & persuad him of the injustice of
prelerential treatment for a particular prisoner* The. concession