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by the 4th as some sort of escort for the girls of the establishment as they went to and from their various assignments, and the 3rd appellant also took from the girls a portion of the money (on the evidence, one half) paid by any particular client and handed that over to the 4th appellant or her husband. The 5th appellant was a driver employed by the 4th to transport the girls to and from their

various assignations.

The

On the evening of the day following the girl's abscondence, the 4th appellant sent a group of men by car across the harbour with instructions to bring back one of the two men who had introduced the girl to her; this group included the 1st and 5th appellants. man they were instructed to bring across the harbour, one YEUNG Shing, having been called out from his place of employment as

an usher in a cinema, was pushed into the middle rear seat of a car with a man, one of whom was the 1st appellant, on each side of him. The 5th appellant was the driver of the car which contained, in the front, another man, Hak Chai, and a girl. The car was driven to Chi Wo

Street in Yaumati where YEUNG Shing was taken up to a flat in which there were already "some females and males". There, on the

instructions of Hak Chai, Yeung attempted to telephone to the

absconded girl but was unable to make contact with her. On his

evidence, he was then beaten up by a group of five men including

Hak Chai and the 1st and 5th appellants, all of whom used their fists

and feet on him and one of whom hit him in the chest with a pair of pliers.

This initial beating occupied about 10 minutes, after which Yeung

was given a glass of water to drink. Having consumed the water, he

was again beaten with fists and fest for a period of about 15 minutes

and on this occasion was also hit with a stool. Following further

refreshment in the form of water, two other men came in one of whom,

on being informed that Yeung had been guilty of misappropriation,

announced his intention of changing his shoes in order to kick Yeung and who did in fact change his shoes; Yeung was then again beaten, this time by the augmented group, and again given water to drink.

Following this third beating, Yeung was taken by car across the harbour to Flat K, Po Ming Mansions, the headquarters of the call-girl establishment where the 3rd and 4th appellants were present when he arrived. The 4th appellant asked Yeung where the girl had gone to and he replied that she was at the Singapore Ballroom,