Deliberations took nine hours on first day with jury returning three times to ask questions
Nine jurors have yet to decide the fate of former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen in his corruption and misconduct trial, after they failed to reach a verdict on their first day of deliberations. The deliberations lasted for nine hours at the High Court yesterday, with the jurors raising questions on three occasions for the judge, Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai, to clarify. The eight women and one man were sent away to deliberate at 10.47am after a six-week trial that saw the prosecution portray Tsang as the protagonist of “a story of greed”. Sporting his customary bow tie and breaking into occasional smiles, Tsang arrived at the High Court with his wife, Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei. Tsang’s two sons,
Simon Tsang Hing-yin and Thomas Tsang Hing-shun, were there as well. Also present to show their support were the former chief executive’s siblings: brothers Norman Tsang Yam-huen, Charles Tsang Yam-chuen and former police commissioner Tsang Yam-pui, along with sister Katherine Tsang King-suen. Former lawmaker Audrey Eu Yuet-mee, a founding member of the Civic Party, who was in the court building on other business, made an unexpected appearance to greet Tsang.
