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the time of the present offence.
It then led to his greed and his involvement in the present robbery of a casino on 2.3.78 which unfortunately brought to the death of the deceased, sergeant LAW-Chau-mo who happened to be there and had an exchange of fire with the robbery gang.
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The prisoner was arrested a few weeks after the offence incident. His daughter, now aged 2 years, was born after his arrest. Under compassionate ground, the prisoner's wife and daughter were granted accommodation at a public housing cubicle at
$400-500 per month.
The family is now living on public assistance of.
Ç. HOME ENVIRONMENT
Before his llegal immigration to Hong Kong. in 1971, the prisoner used to live with his parents and siblings at a self-owned stone hut at No. 37, Third Lane, Garden New Village, Canton. After arriving at Hong Kong, he mostly lived at a rented room in the district of Hung Hom, at first with some old friends from China, and later with his wife. Around the time of the offence incident, the prisoner and his wife were renting a room at a rental of $230 per month in a private tenement at 10, Whampoa Street, 5th floor. It was only since September 1979 that his wife and daughter had been granted accommodation on compassionate ground at a public housing cubicle at Room 1201, Block 7, Valley Estate, Hung Hom. The cubicle was a small .
one at rental of $87 per month,
belonging to the older type of public housing.
D. ASSOCIATES
that
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The prisoner claimed his associates were mostly youth of his age coming from Mainland China. Some were his old kai-fongs in Canton. He denied to have any deep affiliation with the triad circle or involvement
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