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Murder is an unpardonable crime and Your Petitioner understands that he is powerless to change the decision of the Court. He has no desire to avoid his responsibility and he can say nothing when he is being hanged. But in a democratic society like Hong Kong and under the leadership of His Excellency, Your Petitioner considers that he has to strive for truth and clarify the misunderstanding of other people on him. Therefore, he would like to make the following explanation.
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Motive and premeditation are the two key factors which could con- vict a person with the offence of murder. Your Petitioner has clearly told
So he the police that he did not know the two men who are still at large.
If Your Peti- could in no way instruct those two men to kill the deceased. tioner has a motive to commit a murder; he would not have gone to see WONG Chun-leung and that he would not go to the scene himself to settle the dis- pute with WONG.
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Your Petitioner maintains that he is innocent and that he did not kill anyone.
For the past years, he has not fought with anyone nor has he instructed someone to hurt anybody. He would not be so foolish as to kill someone. Furthermore, it would not be worthwhile to kill a business-partner who had parted with him because of a minor dispute. In addition, Your Peti- tioner has already planned to run a car-repairing company in Tsuen Wan and he knows that he has to take care of his family in Hong Kong and parents in China. Your Petitioner would not leave all of them behind and commit the offence which would result in the highest penalty.
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Of course, one thing Your Petitioner has to admit that he has met with the deceased in the afternoon on 19th October, 1979, to settle a diɛ-
No pute for his friend and WONG in respect of a dangerous drug transaction. matter what explanation Your Petitioner gives, no one is going to believe him. But, to Your Petitioner, these thirty-two months of imprisonment is a very painful experience. He regretted to have made acquaintance with WONG, the drug pedler. Though he is not involved in the murder, he could not avoid his present plight.
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It's an honour to have the opportunity to petition to His Excellency. Your Petitioner came to Hong Kong many years ago as a refugee. He was allowed to stay here and was given a job. He has a family with two lovely daughters. Your Petitioner considers this a favour shown to him by the community of Hong Kong. So he would say nothing to whatever penalty awarded to him by the com- munity. Your Petitioner sincerely hopes that His Excellency would order an investigation of the case so as to get the real murderer.
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Finally, he would like to point out that although Your Petitioner has committed several breaches in discipline whilst in prison, he assures kis Excellency that if he is allowed to return to the community to find a job and reunite with his family, Your Petitioner would set himself a new goal in order to prepare himself as a law-abiding citizen.