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He said the Prisoner was rather straight forward in character but could be easily influenced by others. The brother believed that the Prisoner began to associate with undesirable elements only a few months prior to the offence when he was unemployed.
2. LI Kai, M/60 (The Prisoner's uncle, a Chinese herbalist)
The uncle expressed that the Prisoner as a person was not aggressive. When he was a school boy he was sometimes bullied by elder school-mates. He would not fight back but returned home to ask his elder brother or uncle for help. The uncle said should the Prisoner be considered a wild boy it would be after his parents' leave for Canton. As the Prisoner never made any trouble before, his present involvement in the offence shocked the whole family.
3. Madam MAN LAI Mui, aged 54 (The Prisoner's aunt)
Madam Man gave similar remark on the Prisoner to that given by the uncle. She added that the lack of parental guidance in recent years seemed to have some undesirable effect on his behaviour and character. She could not see anything wrong with him at his early teens.
4. Mrs. LAU, aged 44 (The Prisoner's co-tenant)
Mrs. Ho had lived with the Prisoner's family for more than 10 years. She said she witnessed the change in the Prisoner's family. Before being a drug addict the father used to support the family and there was no great problem in keeping the family afloat. But the family seemed to have broken up after the parents' leave for Canton. As to the Prisoner's. character she believed he was not an unkind boy. His relationship with the other co-tenants was good that he seldom had any serious grudge with them. She felt sorry for his involvement in the offence.
5. Mr. HO Siu-kong, M/22 (The Prisoner's school-mate in Chun Kwong
Primary School and also good friend)
Mr. Ho knew the Prisoner since boyhood. Before coming out to work the Prisoner sometimes used to stay at Ho's home.
They used to play together and were close friends. Mr. Ho was now engaged as a teacher. He said he knew the Prisoner well.
He believed the Prisoner was not a bad boy nor a harmful
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