It appeared that A.J.Sanguinetti was engaged to act as a go-between in the "fixing up" and his relationship with the judges on the bench could, in all probability, have favoured the defendants in their appeal resulting in the case for the Crown having been upset.
12.Yeung Ying Lei is understood to be the legal mastermind behind the Tin Sin Kuk swindle rackets in Hong Kong. Judging from the way in which he fought the case, the number of lawyers involved, and, in particular, the fact that a barrister being formerly a member of the judiciary was engaged to appeal against the conviction and sentence of the three defendants, I do not think that what the defendants, their agents or members of the Tin Sin Kuk swindling profession in Hong Kong were required to pay were normal pr- ofessional charges under the sun for all these "services.
13.Members of the Tin Sin Kuk swindling profession in Hong Kong could have raised a
substantial amount of money for the "fixing-up".
14. In Hong Kong, anything could happen and the majority of events, both in the public
and private sector of the community, are dictated by money.
15.The above case involved a substantial amount of money.
16.Conviction of the defendants gave me the right to repayment of HK$228,000.00; quashing of their convictions meant that they would not have to repay this money, the whole or part of which could, in all probability, have gone to defence lawyers, judges on the take ortheir agents.
17 I is most unlikely that the defendants could escape a 4 year's imprisonment and have a court order for repayment of HK$228,000.00 against them set aside, without any conditions precedent,i.e. "under-table payment" for perverting the course of justice. 18.The above case is the first timewhen dice swindlers were convicted in Hong Kong.
Conviction of the defendants poses a serious threat to the livelihood of members of the Tin Sin Kuk swindling profession as a whole in the years ahead. In fact, the illegal activities on the part of Tin Sin Kuk swindlers in Hong Kong had been brought to a standstill for more than half a year following upon arrest of the defendants and prosecution of their offences in court.
19. In Hong Kong Tin Sin Kuk swindles represent a 30 millions-a-year racket and there is
behind it a multi-million dollar protection ring involving several C.I.D. units of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, members of triad societies etc. 20.Upon examining the evidence given by Senior Superintendent J.P.MacMahon, A.A.
Huggins and A.M.McMullin must have acquired first-hand information about the back- ground and prevalence of Tin Sin Kuk swindles in Hong Kong and their decision which go counter to public interest, social justice and their responsibilities as judges of law to the British Crown and the Hong Kong Government cast serious doubt on their personal integrity and their character as human beings.
My grievances are substantiated by facts of life in Hong Kong, records of the courts, the legal dept, the ICAC and the police. Anyone with average intelligence who examines these records will readily reach the conclusion that there has been graft in the "appeal" phase of the relevant legal proceedings.
Anyway, it is up to the ICAC to dig up evidencefrom the indications which are self-evident in the outcome of the relevant legal proceedings, the fallacy of the "verdict" on the part of A‚A. Huggins and A.M.McMullin, the circumstances of the "appeal” as well as other clues which I have provided in the foreging paragraphs.
I am sure that evidence of the conspiracy as aforesaill could be found if the ICAC were determined to get it provided that, of course, its operations are not restricted by the policy of the Hong Kong Government.
In order that the ICAC will not be subjected to undue pressure from within the Hong Kong Government not to investigate corruption and other scandals on the part of members of the judiciary and senior civil servants, I volunteer my assistance by forwarding copies of this letter to the following
1. Her Majesty The Queen.
2. Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 3. Anglo-Hong Kong Parliamentary Group, House of Commons. 4. Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept. Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
Thanking you for your kind attention,
Respectfully yours,
Pun Ting Chau
Victim & Principal Crown Witness