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an allegation, made earlier, had been investigated by the Police and that no action had been taken. The trial judge noted this when dealing with LAU's credibility as a witness.
After the trial concluded, I received represen-
tations from the solicitors who acted for Cunningham and
Thompson. The solicitors submitted to me a number of statements taken from people involved in the criminal case in relation to which the "framing" allegation was made. It was a case of murder arising out of a gang attack on employees at an apartment house. Only one of the
attackers was prosecuted. He was convicted and is now
serving a commuted sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.
As I have said, the "framing" allegation had
already been investigated by the Police.
When I received the further representations from
the solicitors, I had no hesitation in recommending to the Governor that a formal inquiry was necessary. A Commission of Inquiry was quickly appointed by the Governor in Council and Mr. Justice YANG constituted the Commission. The
Commission found that the convicted man was not framed, but
LAU had been involved in a disgraceful deal with a triad gang
leader involving the convicted man's surrendering himself to the Police, effectively in return for the discontinuance
of Police enquiries against others.
Since then, LAU has been convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to the investi- gation of the gang attack, of perjury in the trial of Cunningham and Thompson and of perjury before the Commission of Inquiry. He was convicted following a trial held partly in his absence, because he jumped his bail.
After LAU had been convicted, I received as I have
said, further representations on behalf of Cunningham and Thompson, from the same solicitors, suggesting that the
convictions of the officers need to be looked at again in the light of LAU's convictions. In my opinion, LAU's convictions are so significant that there must be some doubt as to
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