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Thursday, June 21, 1973

STIFF SENTENCE FOR USING FIREARM

The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Briggs, said today that the seven-

year prison term he imposed on a 19-year-old youth was to act as a deterrent

to others who used firearms of whatever sort when resisting arrest.

The defendant, Mak Wing-fai had pleaded guilty to charges of

possession of arms and ammunition, making use of a firearm to prevent arrest,

and wounding with intent.

The Supreme Court was told that Mak had a modified toy pistol

and a 16-inch knife with him when a police party raided a billiard room

in Wan Chai on February 15, this year,

He started to run on seeing the police. When he reached Luard

Road, he fired at two police officers who were chasing after him.

One of the bullets hit the ballpen of an inspector who was not

injured as a result,

house.

The police later found some more modified toy weapons in Mak's

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