Wrongly Convicted Database Record

 

Go to Database Search Page

Go to  Database Index Page

Wayland Tsang Wai-lun

 

Charge:

Conspiracy to violate one or more laws.

Sentence:

32 months imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Hong Kong

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Hong Kong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Wayland Tsang Wai-lun and his wife, Nancy Kwok Wai-man, were wrongly convicted of conspiracy to deceive shareholders and the Hong Kong stock exchange about a fake gas project on the Chinese mainland in 2002. Wayland was sentenced to 32 months in prison and Nancy was sentenced to 30 months in prison. On November 28, 2012 Hong Kong's Court of Appeals set aside their conspiracy convictions because four other people involved in the alleged conspiracy were acquitted for the same actions Wayland and Nancy were convicted of committing."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"OIn November 28, 2012 Hong Kong's Court of Appeals set aside their conspiracy convictions because four other people involved in the alleged conspiracy were acquitted for the same actions Wayland and Nancy were convicted of committing."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Grand Field fraud couple's conviction quashed, By Thomas Chan (staff), Sough China Morning Post, November 29, 2012"

Information Location 1:

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1093258/grand-field-fraud-couples-conviction-quashed

Information Source 2:

"HKSAR v Wayland Tsang Wai Lun & others, CACC 96-2010 (HK Court of Appeal, 11-28-2012)"

Information Location 2:

http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=84611&currpage=T

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case:

Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org

Hosted on forejustice.org and mirrored on justicedenied.org .