In summing up the case, Mr. Wong said the statements of the accused were unreliable inasmuch as they were often conflicting. The accused first alleged to be a patriot and then said he had been used by a pro-Japanese gang.
Continuing, Mr. Wong said the murder was premeditated. Mr.
Chu Wen-loh, also a charity worker, had received a telephone call on day before the murder. when he was warned that both Dr. Herman Liu and he himself would be killed the next day because they had prevented refugees from being utilized by a certain party. Dr. Liu was shot dead he very next day. Mr. Wong con-accused w coa Chinese and the good name well the untiring efforts of T
Liu the eli fugees must have been of known to the accused. He should be given the severest punishment for the crime, Mr. Wong concluded.
The lawyer appointed by the Court to defend him said the accused ha been compelled to go to the scene of murder. He did this because hi own life had been threatened it Pootung, according to the defence The change of statements could not be looked on as evidence of ni The leniency of the court was asked.
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