G. F. 323
CONFIDENTIAL #B 機密
ANNEX C TO XCCI(74)2
NOTE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Charge and Conviction
CHAN Hon-tong (who is 49 years of age) was charged with the murder on 17th March 1972 of WONG Yuk-lin. He was convicted on 26th February 1973. His appeal to the Full Court was dismissed on 26th April 1973. An application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council was dismissed on 31st October.
Facts
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The deceased was found dead in the drying room in a flat at which she worked as a part-time amah. Two knives were embedded in her throat and pieces of another broken knife blade were also found in her throat. The broken knife was found near her body. There were cut and stab wounds on her scalp and her eyelids were lacerated with cuts. A piece of line was tied round her left wrist and then looped round her right wrist about eighteen inches apart. It then continued to encircle the neck twice loosely with her hair inside the loop.
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The deceased was seen alive at about 1.30 p.m. on the day in question by another amah whom she visited. About half an hour after the deceased returned to the flat at which she worked, the other amah went to the flat to see if she could borrow an iron. She could obtain no answer on ringing the doorbell. Nor could two delivery boys who called on the flat later that same afternoon.
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The deceased's body was found at about 6. 15 p.m. that evening following her employer's return from work.
Medical Evidence
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The medical evidence was that the cause of death was manual strangulation and that the knives had been stuck into the deceased's throat shortly before or after her death.
The Accused
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Chan was employed as a part-time caretaker
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