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future, though the children were not yet deprived of any basic needs. It was said that the prisoner however managed to support himself for his daily expenses.
claimed she was
quite ignorant of her husband's outside activities or associations as she seldom asked the prisoner about them. She even claimed she was not aware of the prisoner's gambling habit. She however believed her husband was faithful to her in their marital relationship. Though receiving attention and assistance from the Social Welfare Department, Madam CHUNG was obviously still very upset by the prisoner's present offence. She had no other request to make except her yearning for the prisoner's early release from prison.
Prisoner's mother-in-law living in Ci Man Estate)
Madam WAN claimed she did not have a deep understanding of the prisoner because of their seldom contact and that her daughter had often kept her mouth shut about her living and situation after her marriage. She however believed her son-in-law was a polite and decent character before he came up with the present offence.
(the prisoner's next elder brother, residing at
184, Hennessy Road, 9/F, Hong Kong)
Despite being kin brothers, Mr. CHAN claimed he did not usually have good understanding of the prisoner's general situation or way of living. They seldom talked deeply though they met each other quite often, especially when the prisoner brought along his friends to have drinks at the night club which Mr. CHAN previously ran. Because of his work circle, Mr. CHAN claimed he inevitably came to know quite a lot of characters with triad backgrounds. The prisoner also came to know some of them who were affiliated to the "Fuk Yee Hing Triad Society" in his visits which took place more often when he did not have much work to do in the recent year. It was said that the prisoner had kept company with some of them and through them he came to know the two accomplices a few months prior to the offence, though Mr. CHAN allegedly believed the prisoner himself might not have affiliated to the triad society.
was impressed that in the recent two years, the prisoner had been indulged in gambling by paying frequent visits to the mahjong schools or gambling establishments in Macau. Nevertheless he thought that the prisoner was not a big gambler as he usually did not have too much money to gamble. However Mr. CHAN believed the prisoner would never be totally irres- ponsible towards his family despite his gambling habit, and sometimes the prisoner would borrow a few hundred dollars from him for maintenance of the family. Mr. CHAN claimed he was quite shocked by the prisoner's involvement in the present offence, and asked for a chance to commute his sentence,
(the prisoner's ex-girlfriend, presently a
teacher of Lamma Island (North Section) Public School)
was also an ex-schoolmate of the prisoner. gave a very favourable comment on the prisoner though he
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