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The Eastern Court has ruled that prosecutors have proven that an eldery Filipino used a false instrument when he presented papers at a Queen’s Road Central branch of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp., purporting to show he had US$10 billion in deposits.
But Principal Magistrate David Cheung Chi-wai held off on convicting Ramon
Revillosa Jr, 69, until Dec. 18 pending two psychological reports he ordered to
determine whether he should be punished or hospitalized.
The Philippine government had previously said it asked Hong Kong authorities to conduct a full examination of Revillosa as he was showing signs of dementia when he made grandiose claims of wealth.
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In a hearing on Thursday (Dec. 4), Magistrate Cheung also ordered the continued detention of Revillosa
at the Siu Lam Psychiatric Hospital in Tuen Mun.
He has been in jail and hospital custody since his arrest last Feb. 10. He was arrested along with a Filipino woman said to be a lawyer, a Malaysian man, a Taiwanese man and a woman from the Mainland who used a travel permit to enter Hong Kong.
The Filipina was allowed bail so she could go back to the Philippines but was told to return on a specified date, but it is not clear whether charges were filed against the three others.
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The charge arose from Revillosa presenting a bank capability
letter, guarantee letter and a certificate of balance, all purporting to have a
value of US$10 billion and issued by HSBC, which he “knew, or believed to be,
false”.
He was said to have presented the documents so bank staff Tang Wing-sheung would accept them as genuine, "and by reason of so accepting them to do or not do some act to his own, or any other's prejudice."
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Using a false instrument is punishable under section 73 of the Crimes Ordinance with up to 14 years in jail.
