SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1976
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY BEGINS HEARING NEXT MONTH
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THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE LEUNG WING-SANG CASE WILL BEGIN IN COURT NO. 11 OF THE VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 10 A.M. ON MONDAY, MARCH 1.
SINCE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ONE-MAN COMMISSION, MR. JUSTICE T.L. YANG HAS HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THE COUNSEL TO THE COMMISSION, MR. H.J. SOMERVILLE, AND MRS. ALICE WONG, SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION, ON PROCEDURAL MATTERS.
THE COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE APPOINTMENT FOLLOWED RECENT RENEWED ALLEGATIONS IN RELATION TO THE CASE IN WHICH LEUNG WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER ON JUNE 9, 1974.
THE COMMISSION'S TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE TO INQUIRE INTO:
(1) THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO AND SURROUNDING THE
ARREST AND CHARGING OF LEUNG WING-SANG, AND
(11)
WHETHER OR NOT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT HAVE PREJUDICÈD LEUNG'S TRIAL.
MR. JUSTICE YANG SAID TODAY THAT PART OF THE INQUIRY MIGHT BE HELD IN CAMERA, AND THAT A NUMBER OF OLD FILES HAD TO BE PERUSED.
IN THE MEANTIME, ANY PERSON WHO FEELS THAT HE CAN GIVE USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE CASE IS INVITED TO DO SO BY WRITING TO THE SECRETARY, COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE LEUNG WING-SANG CASE, VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT, HONG KONG. THE SECRETARY'S TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-249512.
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