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D28 Ng Kin-wai
226. D28 is now aged 29, a former District Councillor. He has no criminal record.
227. D28 pleaded guilty to the charge on the first day of the trial. He informed the Court that as the Scheme failed, he therefore chose to enter a plea of guilty.
228. In two letters D28 addressed to us, D28 was of the view that he should be placed in the “active participant” category with a starting point of 4 to 5 years’ imprisonment.
229. In his letter dated 10 July 2024, D28 explained his cause for taking part in the Scheme. He also stressed the fact that he took full responsibility for his actions and would not apologise for all the values he and his voters believed in and stood for. D28 accepted that apart from his plea, there was no other mitigating factor in his case.
230. For D28, based on his role in the Scheme, 7 years (84 months) would be adopted as the notional starting point, a 20% discount would be given for his late plea.
231. For the offence D28 stands convicted, he is sentenced to 5 years and 7 months’ (67 months) imprisonment.
D29 Wan Siu-kin Andrew
232. D29 is now aged 55. He was a serving LegCo member and a District Councillor of Kwai Tsing District Council. He has 4 previous
