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Social Enquiry Report on Condened Prisoner
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Sex: Male
Age: 26 (Born in 1955, in China. The Prisoner claimed to have
forgotten the exact date of birth, no document available for verification)
Address: 125, Belcher's Street, Roof Top, Hong Kong.
Religion Buddhism
(A) General Information
The Prisoner was the fifth child of the family. Born in China, he was given secondary education. However, due to the Cultural Revolution then taken place in China when academic pursuit was given the least emphasis, his academic attainment was described to be poor. After completion of school he was arranged to work in a rural farm. However he had only worked there for one day and had successfully sneaked into Hong Kong through illegal means together with his elder brother SIU Yik-lai in November 1973.
Upon arrival, the two of them took shelter at their aunt Madam TAI Choi-chun's place at No. 90 Fuk wah Street, 5/F., Kowloon and had helped with the aunt's domestic knitwear business. Two months later the brother left the aunt's place to seek open employment. The Prisoner had stayed with Madam TAI for about another six months and he left as well. He reported to have worked as a cashier in a restaurant, namely Tung Ting Chuen at Argyle Street, Kowloon for about half a year with lodging provided. Thereafter, he worked as a hawker, selling handbags at the hawker permitted area at Tung Choi Street, Kowloon. Since then, his contacts with the aunt and brother
had been greatly reduced to the extent that they had not seen the Prisoner for over about one year at the time of the present offence.
Through business contacts in hawking, the Prisoner came to know Mr. WONG Ping, WONG Chung-chun, who was a handbag whole-saler as well as a proprietor of The Man Tat electrical appliances company. The Prisoner claimed that he had since 1974 been working for Mr. WONG in selling handbag at Tung Choi Street or as a sales- representative selling TV sets on alternative basis. He was also provided with lodging by Mr. WONG, at the cockloft of No. 41, Burkley Street, Hung Hom, where
At the time Mr. WONG moved he had resided till 1978 when the tenancy lease expired. his company to Wai Wah Building, Portland Street, Kowloon, renamed as the Sing Sing Company.
The
In 1978, the Prisoner came to know a Chinese girl, named Ping Ping, who was also a sales representative working for Mr. WONG. He began to cohabit with Ping Ping six months later. The Prisoner alleged to have little knowledge about the girl's background. He even did not know her real name before his trial. two of them had resided at Lui wor Hui, Fanling, address not recalled, They later moved to a stone hut at No. 12 Shui Ngau Leng, Yuen Long. The hut costed a total of $20,000, but the Prisoner claimed to have only paid $10,000 for it. During their residence in the New Territories, the Prisoner claimed to have maintained
As his activities in Kowloon area while Ping Ping worked in the nearby factories. since April 1979, the Prisoner had occassionally slept at a Mr. CHAN Chit's place at No. 54, Argyle Street, 2/F. According to the Prisoner, he had kept Ping Ping
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