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XCR(82)158 Copy No

MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON

Introduction

On 14 January 1981,

alias

HKK 380/3

(12)

AF 28/2

was

convicted of the murder of CHAN Wun-hing and was sentenced to death. A copy of the trial Judge's report on the case is at Annex A.

2

SIU's appeal against conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 30 November 1981.

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His petition for clemency, made through the Director of Legal Aid, is at Annex B.

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(a)

(b)

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E

(c)

Also annexed for Members' reference are

a note by the Attorney General (Annex C);

a report by the City and New Territories Administration (Annex D);

a report by the probation officer (Annex E).

Advice sought

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(a)

(b)

Members will be asked to advise

whether the sentence of death should be commuted;

if so, what period of imprisonment should be substituted.

22 June 1982

(COU 1/2647/81)

COUNCIL CHAMBER

G.S. 84

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