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To:-
Mr Wilford Sir D Watson
PS/Mr Royle
Private Secretary
DEATH SENTENCES IN HONG KONG
1.
FROM
A C Stuart Telephone No. Ext.
Department
HKIOD
In my submission dated 4 June I said it was
most unlikely that the Governor would not grant a
reprieve in the case of Chan Kam-wah. This was the
case where the accused voluntarily returned from
Indonesia to give himself up to the Hong Kong police,
and did not himself strike the fatal blow. The
person who did had previously only been convicted of
manslaughter.
2. The Governo also sent us recently the papers
of another potentially difficult case, that of
Yeung Pui-yan.
Yeung was sentenced to death for the
murder of a fellow prisoner.
3. We have now heard that the Governor has
exercised his powers of clemency and has commuted
the death sentences on Chan Kam-wah and Yeung Fui-yan
to 12 years and 25 years imprisonment respectively.
(17260) Dd.897459 400
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it is not worth submitting this in view of the fact that news of Chan' commutation was received on 12 June.
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