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Before then, capital punishment was the usual sentence given since the establishment of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong for offences such as murder, kidnapping ending in death, and piracy. [1] The last execution in Hong Kong was carried out on 16 November 1966 when Wong Kai-kei (Chinese: 黃啟基), aged 25, was hanged at Stanley Prison. [2]
Christopher Wong Won (May 29, 1964 – July 13, 2017), also known by his stage names Fresh Kid Ice and Chinaman was a Trinidadian-American rapper and a Miami bass pioneer. Wong Won was born and spent his early childhood in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago , before emigrating to the United States.
Although Wong raised the defences of having killed Khor in a fight and killing Khor under a loss of self-control via sudden and grave provocation, the High Court judged that Wong had intentionally stabbed Khor, which in turn caused Khor to die from her wounds and hence, Wong was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging in August ...
A Chinese-Australian writer has received a suspended death penalty in China, five years after he was first detained, according to Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
The bipartisan legislation is a reintroduction of a bill in the last legislative session that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life without parole for capital crimes.
A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, said it was ...
Wong Weng Siu (Chinese: 黄婉秀; [a] pinyin: Huáng Wǎnxìu; c. 1939 – 27 July 1973), more commonly known as Mimi Wong, was a Singaporean bar hostess who became the first woman to be sentenced to death and executed for murder in Singapore since its independence. Wong was alleged to have murdered Ayako Watanabe, the wife of her Japanese ...
Sim Woh Kum (Chinese: 冼松锦; pinyin: Xiǎn Sōngjǐn; c. 1933 – 27 July 1973), also spelt Sim Wor Kum, was a Singaporean who was best known to be the accomplice of Mimi Wong, a bar hostess who was the first woman to be sentenced to death for murder in Singapore since its independence.