REIVED IN REGI + No. 61
28 JUL 975
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1975
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DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1974 ON MA SUNG-LEE, KWOK KI-CHEONG, AND FONG CHONG- MING ALIAS FONG MUK-TUNG SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
THE PRISONERS WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LAM PO ALIAS LAM SUN-SHUI.
NG LEE-KIN ALIAS FONG LEE-KIN, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH TOGETHER WITH THE ABOVE PRISONERS, COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS CELL ON MAY 18, 1975.
+MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION
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NOTE TO EDITORS:-
A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (JULY 24) AT 4 P.M. IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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