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TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR MURRAY CRAWFORD MACLEHOSE,
KINGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE, MEMBER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, IN COUNCIL.
The humble Petition of LES Tung Yau now of Stanley
Prison, Victoria in the said Colony of Hong Kong, SHEWETH
1.
That your Petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced
to death on the 24th day of July, 1974 in the Supreme Court of
Hong Kong.
2. That your Petitioner appealed to the Full Court against
The appeal was heard and dismissed by
his said conviction.
the Full Court on the 17th day of December, 1974.
3.
That your Petitioner was born on the 3rd day of May,
1954
in this Colony and is now 20 years of age.
4. That your Petitioner was residing in Tung Moon Hau Village,
Yuen Long, New Territories in the said Colony until his arrest
on the 14th day of November, 1973.
5.
That your Petitioner was living with his parents before
they left for Canton in about 1969.
6. That your Petitioner's parents had not returned to this
Colony since they left.
7. That your Petitioner had studied in Ng Woo Primary School
and True Light Primary School and finished Form One in Fung Kai
Middle School before he started working for his life at the age
of 14 years,
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That your Petitioner had worked as a trainee electrician
at Hung Shui Kiu, New Territories aforesaid for several months
and was then an apprentice to a tailor in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
in the said Colony for two and a half years. After having
served his apprenticeship, your Petitioner worked in a tailor
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