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MINUTES OF THE 16th MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG

Held in the Council Chamber

ON TUESDAY, 27th MAY 1975

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DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MAN KAN--WAH ALIAS MAN KAN, HO KWAI-WAII ALIAS HO KWAJ, MAN KAM- HOI ALTAS MAN HOI, MAN KAM-HONG, CHOI CHI KIN ALIAS CHOI MAN-KIN, TSE TAI-TUNG AND CHAN HUNG ALIAS CHIAN PAK-HUNG

(COU 5/2647/74)

The Council considered memorandum XCR(75)53.

The Council ADVISED and the Governor ORDERED:

that the sentences passed on

MAN Kam-wah alias HAN Kan,

HO Kwai-wah alias 110 Kwai,

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MAN Kam-hoi alias $nh kini,

MAN Kam-tong,

CHOI Chi-kin alias CHOI Man-kin,

TSE Tai-tung, and

CHAN Hung alias CHAN Pak--bung

be commuted to life imprisonment.

(The Financial Secretary, Sir Y.K. Kan, Sir Sidney

Gordon, Mr P.C. Woo, Mr Szeto Wai, Dr S.Y. Chung, Mr T.K.

Ann, Mr O.V. Cheung and Mr P.G. Williams abstained).

CONWIDEETZE

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