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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON
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REGISTRY
This memorandum seeks a decision on the question Action Talan of commutation of the death sentence passed on prisoner TSUI Shing-yau.
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Background
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A
B
C
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On 24 April 1981,
was convicted
of the murder of WONG Chun-leung and was sentenced to death.
A copy of the trial Judge's report on the case is at Annex A.
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On 23 March 1982, the Court of Appeal dismissed the petitioner's appeal against his conviction.
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His petition for clemency, made through the Commissioner of Correctional Services, is at Annex B.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
Also annexed for Members' reference are
a note by the Attorney General (Annex C),
a report by the City and New Territories Administration (Annex D); and
a report by the probation officer (Annex E).
Advice sought
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(a)
(b)
Members will be asked to advise
whether the sentence of death should be commuted; and
if so, what period of imprisonment should be substituted.
G.S. 84
8 December 1982 (COU 5/2647/80)
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