A few weeks before his arrest, he moved with his girl-friend and daughter to 10, Ming Lun treet, Hung Hom, Kowloon.
It would appear that this Prisoner moved mostly among wage-eerner neighbourhood and his parents were housing estate tenants. These were usually people with low and unsteady income.
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Most of his associates were former neighbours of the Valley Road Estate.. Some were old acquaintances with whom he grew up together. These included friends from another block and also friends from outside the Estate.
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Frequently these estate playgrounds were breeding grounds for trouble and crime. The Prisoner revealed that it was here in the playground that he was recruited as a member of the Tung San Wo' Triad Society in 1966.
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PERSONS CONTACTED IN RELATION TO THE PRISONER'S BEHAVIOUR AND - CONDUCT AT HOME AND OTHERWISE
Mr. CHOI Chung-chiu (Father, 44, a coxwain at the Marine Dept.)
The Prisoner had not been obedient. He had spent the money his father had put into each of the red packets for serving during the Chinese New Year while he was still very young from 50 cents to 10 cents for his own use, and had been put on a bond for stealing cigarettes at the age of fourteen. He was also suspected of smoking heroin four years ago, but his father had no definite proof except to notice that he had grown thinner and thinner, but the Prisoner denied this suspicion. He lay in bed all day and was averse to work for a long time. Because of this, the father had expelled him from home. It was heard later from a friend of his that he had kept himself only narrowly out of being addicted.
The Prisoner was felt to be at his best after his expulsion from home when he was living with a neighbouring friend. He was said to have become a little more steady and have contributed some money home from his work. But that period was short-lived for he soon relapsed into his former listless state.
He lived only occasionally at home in the following two years and his father had little idea of what he was doing outside.
About half a year before his arrest, he had made some small gifts of money to his mother and siblings at home, and looked more careful about his dress, but in no way did he betray a wide departure from his usual self. He was the same quiet and
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gentle boy though his interests seemed to have widened to include nightclubs and parties other than chess-playing and football and his family was led to believe that he had made some money by working in a gambling den.
Mrs. CHOI YEUNG Lin-ying (Mother, 41, housewife)
The Prisoner was fond of lying up in bed and doing nothing but idle-reading. This had been the cause of many a
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