MURDER OF YEUNG KUI WAN.
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20 JUL 03
Opinion of Hon. E. H. Sharp, K.C., Acting Attorney-
General of Hongkong.
I am of opinion, upon the evidence adduced at
the trial of Li Kwai Fan, and upon the Crown Solicitor's note of further statements made by Kong Ngau Ying, Chan Wan and Tam Tseung that the Crown would be justified in charging Tung Cheung with the murder, as one of the gang which was present at and actually
perpetrated the deed.
The statements of the same witnesses and of
Tam Tai concerning Yeung Tsing Kai (the Captain of the Chinese Gunboat "Kin Yui"), and the statements of the Kongs and of Mr. May concerning Ng Lo Sam (the police agent in Hongkong), consti- tute a strong case against these two persons of conspiring to murder together with Tung Cheung, Li Kwai Fan (the condemned man)
and Chan Lam Tsai, who has been executed by the Chinese Authori-
ties on suspicion of communicating in the matter with the Hongkong
Police.
There is more evidence to support the charge
of conspiracy than that of being accessory before the fact. For
example, Kong Kung Ki, Kong Kai and Mr. May only speak of the un-
successful attempt which was made by Ma Wong Loi's gang under the
direction of Ng Lo Sam in November, 1900, and can prove nothing with regard to the successful attempt by Li Kwai Fan's gang. The discrepancy between the statements of Kong Ngau Ying and Chan Wan
as to whether Yeung Tsing Kai was in Hongkong or Canton at the time
of the murder I do not regard as very important. He seems to have
been frequently here in connection with the plot, and witnesses
speaking more than two years after the events might confuse the
point
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