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Jerry Lui

Jerry Lui Kin-hong (呂健康) is a former

Lui wanted to serve his house arrest in a rented condominium at One Devonshire Place in Boston's financial district, and to be placed under armed guard for his own safety; residents of the building objected. A federal judge initially had a favourable reaction to Lui's suggestion, but eventually rejected it.^[2][3] In May 1996, Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the District Court granted bail to Lui on the grounds that the extradition process could not be completed before the 1 July 1997 transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong and that extradition could not proceed at all after that date, but judges Juan R. Torruella, Norman H. Stahl, and Sandra Lynch of the First Circuit overturned the decision and ordered that Lui remain in custody until the hearing.^[4]

Hong Kong judicial review

While Lui was still in the United States awaiting his extradition hearing, he applied for

Lui remained in prison pending the outcome of the U.S. government's appeal. Andrew Au of the Alliance for Hong Kong Chinese in the United States filed an amicus brief in support of Lui, stating that China's guarantee of autonomy for Hong Kong was "not worth the paper it's written on".^[8]

Prosecution witness murdered

Tommy Chui To-yan was murdered in Singapore in 1995. His death nearly led to the collapse of the case against Lui.^[9]

The last of the conspirators in the murder, Cheng Wui-yiu (鄭會耀), fled to mainland China, but was returned to Hong Kong in August 2003.^[10] In HKSAR v. Cheng Wui-yiu, HCCC 43/2004, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder (Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap. 212) § 5) and conspiracy to assist a person to retain the proceeds of an indictable offence (Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 455) § 25).^[11] Cheng appealed his conviction, but Judge Michael Stuart-Moore ruled in December 2007 in CACC 532/2004 that both the conviction and the life sentence were valid.

• http://books.google.com/books?id=K616GHp62UkC&pg=PA245
• http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/x/x/b/xxb08d00/Sxxb08d00.pdf
• http://www.scmp.com/article/139868/icac-arrests-cleared-man

Return to Hong Kong

Independent Commission Against Corruption assistant director of operations Tony Godfrey escorted him back to Hong Kong.^[12] In September 1997, Justice Pang Kin-kee set Lui's trial date for March 1998.^[13]

• Wally Yeung, conviction in Court of First Instance on Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201) § 9(1)(c): HKSAR v. Lui Kin-hong, Jerry, HCCC 219/1997
• Michael Stuart-Moore, Court of Appeal quashes conviction: HKSAR v. Lui Kin-hong, Jerry, CACC 378B/1998
• Court of Appeal grants prosecution leave to appeal on Evidence Ordinance (Cap. 8) § 22: Case No. 378C/1998
• Leonard Hoffmann, Court of Final Appeal allows prosecution appeal regarding admissibility of evidence; concurring opinion by Henry Litton: Secretary for Justice v. Jerry Lui Kin-hong, FACC 3/1999
• Fresh trial: HKSAR v. Lui Kin-hong, Jerry, CACC 378D/1998

Imprisonment and aftermath

BAT was believed to be waiting for the Department of Justice to recover its own $10 million costs from Lui before beginning any recovery proceedings against Lui.^[14] By June 2003, the Department of Justice was still finalising its costs, but BAT indicated that despite the delays it still intended to recover the money Lui owed it, and to donate it to charity.^[15] In 2004, the Department of Justice applied for a bankruptcy order against him.^[16]

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Criddle, Evan J. (2004). "The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in U.S. Treaty Interpretation". Virginia Journal of International Law. 44 (2).
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• DeMella, Jonathan A. "In re Extradition of Lui Kin-hong: Examining the effect of Hong Kong's reversion to the People's Republic of China on United States–United Kingdom treaty obligations" (PDF). The American University Law Review. 47. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
• Hsiung, James C. (1998). "The paradox of Hong Kong as a non-sovereign international actor" (PDF). Lingnan University Centre for Asian Pacific Studies Working Papers (81). Retrieved June 10, 2013.

Foreign Investors Tax Act

The Senate voted to pass the bill 58–18 on October 13, with 45 Democrats and 13 Republicans voting "aye", 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans voting "nay", and a further 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans casting no vote.^[1] The House declined a Republican motion to recommit the conference report in a 95–127 vote, and then adopted the coneference report in a 171-46 vote, though majorities of both parties cast no vote on the adoption.^[2][3] Nine days later, the Senate voted in favor of the conference report as well, though with much less support than their initial vote, in particular from Republicans: 29 Democrats and 2 Republicans voted "aye", 13 Democrats and 9 Republicans voted "nay", and 23 Democrats and 10 Republicans cast no vote.^[4] President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act into law on November 13, though he voiced criticism of amendments offering tax breaks, stating that they "do not promote a fair and sound tax system" and that "I deeply regret that these riders have been engrafted on this vital legislation".^[5]

References

Inchon Prize

The Inchon Prize is a South Korean award to honour individuals and organisations for outstanding contributions in education, commerce and technology, journalism, public service, literature, and natural sciences. It was established in memory of former Vice President Kim Seong-su

External links

• http://www.inchonmemorial.co.kr/prize_old.html