TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1978
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED *****
THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON LAM YIU-FONG ON MAY 20 LAST YEAR SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
LAM WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF 43-YEAR-OLD LAM MUK-KIN WHOM HE STABBED DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT IN A TOILET AT TUNG TAU ESTATE ON OCTOBER 13, 1976.
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