Former lawmaker Chim Pui-chung chastises judge
The Angry Man from Chiu Chow snaps at judge who interrupts to calm him down during Carson Yeung’s money-laundering trial
Former lawmaker Chim Pui-chung yesterday told a judge to "speak gently" when he was stopped mid-flow on account of his temper during questioning in a forgery case.
Chim was appearing as a defence witness in Birmingham Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing's money-laundering trial.
His response got more heated when prosecutor John Reading SC asked Chim, also known as the Angry Man from Chiu Chow, about the payment of stamp duty for a share transaction related to the case.
In 1998, Chim was sentenced to three years' jail, reduced to 12 months on appeal, for plotting to forge share-transfer documents.
"I think the questions relating to this matter are irrelevant," he said yesterday. "He intends to show my evidence is not credible."
Yeung is accused of knowingly dealing in ill-gotten gains involving HK$721 million and five bank accounts from January 2001 to December 2007.