A SUPERGRASS who has offered to give evidence against Hong Kong's notorious 'Ice Queen' had his sentence more than halved yesterday after providing police with vital information on a major drug syndicate.
Chiu Pak-wing, 34, was jailed for 25 years in 1992 for trafficking in 10 kilograms of the deadly designer drug 'ice' worth $6 million.
He had planned to smuggle the drug to the Philippines in a karaoke machine. Chiu worked for Lee Chau-ping, one of the world's most wanted drug bosses.
Yesterday the Court of Appeal cut Chiu's sentence to 10 years after hearing how he had testified against alleged accomplices in three related trials.
Lee, dubbed the Ice Queen, was the mastermind behind a multi-billion dollar conspiracy to manufacture and traffic in ice.
She fled the territory when police uncovered her drug factory in Jiangmen, China, four years ago and is still on the run. Her former lover and right-hand man, Yu Yem-kin, 47, was jailed for 16 years in March 1994 for his role in the plot.
Yesterday Chiu asked the Court of Appeal to reduce his sentence because of the help he had given police in arresting others allegedly involved in the syndicate.