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| Tuen Mun Magistrate rejected all bids for bail |
Four Filipinos and one Bangladeshi holding recognizance papers, were returned to jail after appearing at Tuen Mun Law Courts today on similar charges of indecent conduct toward a child aged under 16, and common assault.
“Go back,” Principal Magistrate Don So told two of the five before they were led into jail custody from the court’s detention area, after rejecting their offers of varying amounts of cash as bail.
The reason for the bail rejections was that there was no change
in the circumstances of the case.
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Magistrate So scheduled their next appearance for May 10, as
proposed by prosecutors who said they needed more time for legal advice and
investigation.
The cases arose after an incident inside a flat on Kung Om
Road in Yuen Long last Jan. 3 in which the five committed “an act of indecency”
and assault “towards girl X, a child under age 16,” according to the charge
sheets.
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In the discussions, it was revealed that the girl was 10
years old and those involved were neighbors.
While all five were charged for one incident that gave rise
to the charges, four separate cases were filed by police.
In one case, the lawyer of one of the defendants, Jimwoel
Macaraig, 53 years old, complained that he had been detained since January and
would have been in custody for 17 weeks by the next hearing. He offered $3,500 cash as bail, which the magistrate rejected.
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In another case, Julie Arcega Jr., a male aged 32, offered $5,000
while his co-accused, female Gina Villanueva, offered $1,500 as bail. Both were rejected
by Magistrate So.
The prosecutor opposed the granting of bail to the fourth
Filipino, Benjur Macaraig, 46 years old, who was accused of wounding the child
in the body.
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The prosecutor said B Macaraig was also facing a separate
charge of wounding, and had three past criminal records. In addition, he jumped
bail on immigration cases, the prosecutor said.
The charge sheet against Bangladeshi, MD Moazzim-hossain, 42
years old, was the only one that identified the four Filipinos as participants in
the attack on the child.
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