TNAG-0486-FCO40-551-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 67

CONFIDENTIAL ## 機密

Dr. W.L. Pang

Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre

Ref. (4) in SLPC 3/96/1

Tel. No.

12-817477

Date

11th December 1973

MEMO ANNEX it TO XC (74) 2

XC¶(74)2

To Colonial Secretariat

Thro' Commissioner of Prisons

Your Ref. (41) in GR 6/2647/73.

7.12.1973

doted

し

Re: Condemned Prisoner No. 11452 - CHAN Hon-tong

The above-named had been interviewed by Dr. L. Chen (who is now in U.K. on a study leave), Dr. C.M. Lan who was once the visiting psychiatrist to the Prison Department and now the Acting Senior Medical Officer-in-charge of Hong Kong Psychiatric Centre and me in consecutive periods since November 1972. I have to confess that our main emphasis was on his mental state and we did not go into great details in regard to the alleged offence especially concerning any specific time.

2.

I can gather nothing concerning any detail regarding the alleged offence in Dr. L. Chen's casenote except the deft's adamant denial. To Dr. C.M. Lam and me, and also under abreaction, he had given a more or less the same description of his movements bon the day of the alleged offence' as follows:

"I worked as usual in the morning until lunch time (no specific time given by the deft) when I went to fetch my baby-daughter who was being looked after by a baby-sitter. She (deft's daughter) was not quite well for those few days and so I took her home earlier than usual and cooked her some special food. After that I cooked for myself, did some household works and looked after my daughter. Then I went with my daughter to fetch my wife after work and we all went for a 5.30 p.m. movie afterwards,"

3. facts:

The deft has also explained and maintained on the following

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(referring to Para. 18 of the Police Case Report to Victorie Reception Centre on 14.11.1972 Ref. S/CRB 3/72) that the European lady is the employer of the amah to whom he owed $200 previously and therefore she has given a prejudicial evidence against him;

(referring to the same Para. 18) that he was only clearing up the meas in that area with the pick-axe;

(referring to Para. 27) that he had put away and forgotten about those magazines which he bought long time ago;

that he had never seen the victim and did not have to pass her working place at all in order to go to where he used to work.

G. F. 323

3.F. 73C

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