The verdict took effect in court, and Ho Wai-lok and Wong Kwan were immediately escorted to Stanley.
Life imprisonment was the maximum sentence under Hong Kong Island law, and it could only be served at Stanley Prison, the most heavily secured prison on Hong Kong Island.
The procedures for taking these two gangsters into custody were therefore naturally very strict and efficient.
Once Ho Wai-lok and Wong Kwan were immediately committed to prison, the proceedings against the members of the East Kowloon Regional Headquarters Major Crimes Unit were naturally postponed indefinitely.
As long as Ho Wai-lok, the party concerned, raised no objection and the Department of Justice brought no prosecution over the matter, the Hong Kong Island court certainly would not create complications.
Without a doubt, Ho Wai-lok wanted to turn around and bite Cheung Tak Biu and the others.
Even though the evidence he provided could no longer actually substantiate charges against Cheung Tak Biu and the others, he certainly would not mind making trouble for Cheung Tak Biu, the East Kowloon Police District, or even the entire Police Force.
After all, he was destined to spend the rest of his life behind bars. How much worse could things possibly get?
However, once Ho Wai-lok was sentenced to imprisonment, he no longer had the status of an ordinary member of the Hong Kong Island public.
Even if he wanted to accuse Cheung Tak Biu and the others, he would have to go through a lawyer.
Yet given his present circumstances, no lawyer was willing to take his case.
The reason was simple. Presiding Judge Au's final ruling had done more than sentence him and Wong Kwan to life imprisonment.
Along with these two gangsters being sent to prison, all their assets had been frozen and confiscated.
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