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D. ASSOCIATES

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The prisoner revealed that he did not have any close relatives in Hong Kong except his two cousins (the wounded victim and the deceased). Bis friends were mostly his clansmen whom he met often for chitchat and tea. He did not have heart to heart talks with any of his co-workers but just maintained a superficial working relationship with them. He stressed that he did not have any triad affiliation at all.

PERSONS CONTACTED FOR INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF THE PRISONER

1. Mr

prisoner's cousin and the wounded victim of the present incident, aged 25, factory worker of H.K.I.C. No. H028624)

Mr YEUNG considered the prisoner as a cunning man with bad conduct. The prisoner had been dismissed from school for several times before. Furthermore he would revenge on those who had offended him. For example, on one occasion, he broke a neighbour's window in China after he was accused of stealing that neighbour's bananas. Mr YEUNG disliked the prisoner's immoral conduct because he believed that the prisoner had indecently assaulted his younger sister (the deceased) and his neighbour, Madam TIN Tze-lung before.

Although Mr YEUNG had lived with the prisoner for more than a year, he did not have a good understanding of the prisoner's outside activities or his associates. Nevertheless, he knew that the prisoner was not happy about the monetary arrangement in buying the hut at Tung Yeung Village. Mr YEUNG added that he did not mean to take advantage of the prisoner and that the latter should understand his financial situation at that time and be considerate towards him.

Finally, Mr YEUNG considered that the prisoner deserved the punishment since he had killed his sister and wounded him with intent.

2.

Mr

Mr YEUNG had known the prisoner in China before he came to Hong Kong in 1960. He met the prisoner again in 1979. The prisoner had stayed at his place for 12 months and he had introduced the prisoner to the job at Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir.

All along, the prisoner impressed him as a responsible, hard- working and friendly man. The prisoner was affectionate towards his family in China and that he always wrote and remitted money home. He had not known of any bad habits on the prisoner who seldom went out afterwork. Neither did

regard the prisoner as a man of high intelligence.

Mr YEUNG had heard from other clansmen that the prisoner was once imprisoned for about forty days in China after he tried to intercept a fight between

(the wounded victim) and an official.

The imprisonment had also led to the estrangement between the prisoner and his girlfriend. The prisoner considered all these his sacrifice for

in China and he had done the latter another favour in the purchase of

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