The Soiuth China Morning Post
- Judge says Paul Chan, 60, convinced client Ma Ka-kin that taking full responsibility for crime, and minimising role of co-defendant, could secure him more lenient sentence
- Chan had ‘abused his status as a legal practitioner and misled the innocent Mr Ma into pleading guilty’, according to judge Kathie Cheung
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An ex-paralegal misled his innocent client into admitting guilt in a HK$1.9 million (US$243,000) cocaine trafficking case in an abuse of his professional status, a Hong Kong judge on Thursday said as she sentenced him to three years in jail.
Paul Chan Keung-lee, 60, on Thursday returned to the District Court for sentencing on a count of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The court last month heard he had tried to get suspect Ma Ka-kin to provide false testimony to customs officers in charge of a 2016 case involving 1.19kg (42 ounces) of cocaine.
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