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Un 29/12/72 Cheng bought 6 drafts for benefit (~5000) of Lerclays Bank A/C in Old Trafford.

drafte for account in estminister Bank.

ceased to be posted to Bay View and this

same day Cheng was buying

At that stage 24 had

explains Why after a

particular time no reference is made to any drafts being paid to 2 accounts 29/12/72 (PE53). Again 26/1/73 Cheng bought further 7 drafts for Cld Trafford A/C, serially numbered and in sequence.

Those drafts showed them to be bought directly from accounts operated by lir. Cheng. Cheng bought drafts on 28/2/75 for Old Trafford A/C (6 urafts) totalling £4000 (FF61). He bought further & cets

of drafts on 27/3/73 from North Point Branch of Hang Seng baik. serial no. in sequence (PF116) on 28/4/7 no less than 9 drafts

issued by North Foint Branch of hang weng Dank for a total of

$4500 on Old Trafford 40.On 21/5/75 orth Point Branch of Hang

peng bank issued 2 drafts FP83 83A for a total of 21000 for

Barclays A/C on application of wong Tak wing. I submit that on

came day ong Tak wing applied for £3000 drafts on came day for

the estminister Bank A/C. Taking 2 sums together it was w4000. On 5/7/73 ..ong Chi ing purchased £4000 on National estminister Dark.From 4/9/73 to 2/2/74 drafts were sent out regularly at

approximately monthly intervals to Barclays A/. at 014 Trafford all purchased on application by wong Chi ing. Documents (bxhs. FP88, 139, FF94, PP90, FF91, PP92) That deals with the 2 numbered

accounts Crown alleges are of the conspirators in this case.

Sufficient for Your Honour to rule at this stage they are relevant

and admissible. Your Honour can identify these accounts as being

of those of 1A.

to

2 A/C Nos. of 2A AGO74923 rely on xh. F11 Letter to

Hongkong & Shanghai Bank „24's banke: "which his salaries were

paid. On 23/7/72 date of ex. F11 he wrote to inform bank telling

them this particular account was his. This was an account to

which drafts had been sent from as early as 21/10/71, PF13, and

indeed was sent 2 days after he sent his letter (FP19). As far as

current account is concerned 30876550 (F10) Jurrent Account allotment

form produced by w4 from Treasury show that current account was

account to which 24 asked Treasury to make regular monthly allotment

from 1970 onwards &. Government gave effect to those instructions

until it ceased to supply its employees with this facility.Your