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4 Hong Kong people sentenced to life in prison for possession of drugs in the Philippines

2023-01-06T07:23:43.757Z


In July 2016, when four Hong Kong residents were returning to Hong Kong on a fishing boat in Subi Bay, the Philippines, they were searched on board by the Philippine authorities, and four people were arrested on suspicion of drug possession and drug production. In December 2018, the local court sentenced four people to prison for drug possession.


In July 2016, when four Hong Kong residents were returning to Hong Kong on a fishing boat in Subi Bay, the Philippines, they were searched on board by the Philippine authorities, and four people were arrested on suspicion of drug possession and drug production.

In December 2018, the local court sentenced four people to life imprisonment for drug possession.


Tu Jinshen, a former member of the Democratic Party's Legislative Council who has been following up the incident, confirmed that Lu Ronghui, Guo Jinhua, and Chen Guodong successfully appealed in March last year, but they have been detained by the local area; Liang Shufu failed to appeal and is still in prison. It is known that he will continue to appeal.


The family members were notified on Tuesday (3rd) that 3 people can return to Hong Kong.

This morning (6th), the three released fishermen took Cebu Pacific Airlines flight 5J110 and flew directly from Manila back to Hong Kong. However, the flight was delayed for 43 minutes and arrived at Hong Kong International Airport at 10:28 am.

Tu Jinshen pointed out that he and the family members of the three people went to the airport to pick them up, but it took the three people more than an hour to go through the immigration formalities in the restricted area, and they finally left the gate at 11:00 am to meet their family members who had been separated for almost 6 years.


Tu Jinshen quoted his family members as saying that they are grateful to the central government and the SAR government for their assistance, and hope that Liang Shufu will be released as soon as possible, and hope that the central government and the SAR government will continue to assist him.

Philippine President Marcos Jr. went to China on January 3 for a three-day state visit and met with President Xi Jinping.

On the day of the departure of the Philippine President on January 3, three Hong Kong fishermen who had successfully appealed but were transferred to the detention center for more than ten months were notified by the detention center that they could leave, and they bought air tickets to leave the country.

Four Hong Kong residents were involved in a maritime drug manufacturing case in the Philippines. They were convicted of drug possession by a local court last Friday (14th) and sentenced to life imprisonment. They are preparing to apply for an appeal.

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Four Hong Kong citizens were convicted of drug possession and sentenced to life in prison in the Philippines. The family members described the verdict as horrific and hoped that Chief Executive Carrie Lam would pay attention to the incident.

(Provided by Tu Jinshen)

A few days ago, the four detainees appeared in court there.

(Photo by Luo Junhao)

On the same day, the Philippine police made a high-profile invitation to the media to board the ship to interview the arrest process.

(Philippine National Police photo)

The arrested Hong Kong people appealed to the Hong Kong government for help through Legislative Council member James Tu.

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Source: hk1

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