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Leung Chun-ying (CY Leung)
Hong KongLaw and Crime

Chief Executive CY Leung makes second plea for clemency over Hongkonger facing death over drugs

Leader makes formal plea on behalf of Hong Kong woman in jail in Malaysia after her mother and son appeal for help

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Lam Chun-wing’s mother (centre) and Echo Hui (right) at the Amnesty press conference. Photo: Kimmy Chung
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has made a formal plea for clemency to the Malaysian authorities for a Hong Kong woman who has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. It is the second such case in recent weeks.

Lam Chun-wing, who is in her early 50s, was arrested at Penang airport in 2010 for trafficking 1.8kg of cocaine and sentenced to death in August 2011.

“She was just trying to help an elderly person carry luggage,” her 80-year-old mother surnamed Siew said, adding that Lam was about to leave when the bag was found to contain drugs.

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Leung first made a plea for clemency for Hongkonger Anika Lai Shiu-cheung, who was sent to a notorious Indonesian “execution island” last month. It remains uncertain whether Lai’s death sentence will be commuted.

Siew, a Malaysian Chinese who moved to Hong Kong, said she had visited her daughter on numerous occasions and had liaised with a local Buddhist rights association to seek help.

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“All I hope is that the Hong Kong government will help save my daughter,” said Siew, who underwent surgery last month for a heart problem. “I don’t know any other way to help my daughter.”

Anika Lai’s mother, Shiu Yuk-chee, displays an image of her son. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Anika Lai’s mother, Shiu Yuk-chee, displays an image of her son. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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