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been beaten up by him and others.

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LEUNG said that he saw that

the others had knives and "seized" one himself and struck

someone

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in self-defence.

SUMMARY.

The premeditated attack by the gang on the occupants

of the apartment house was a savage one. There was, however,

no evidence that LEUNG was involved in the attack on the

deceased, though two employees identified him as having used

a knife on them.

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11.

PRINCIPAL FACTORS.

(a)

LEUNG was 20 years of age at the time of the

offence.

(b) The attack by the gang, as I have said, was

savage one, against unarmed men.

(c) It was premeditated.

RECOMMENDATION.

If the Governor decides to commute the death sentence,

I recommend that a sentence of imprisonment for 20 years be

substituted.

This is the sentence recommended by the trial

judge in his report.

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